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“Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord…stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh” (James 5:7-8).
As we see things going more and more wrong in this world, it is easy to get impatient and to want the Lord to do something about it. After all, how bad can things get before the Lord steps in and deals with them?
In the first few verses of this chapter (James 5), we have a description of how rich men sometimes cheat poor people out of their proper wages, and how they live in pleasure while others have very little. This is true in many parts of the world today, and it is a real cause for concern. I read yesterday that some families in one country in this world are having to sell one or more of their children, in order to get money to feed the rest of the family. We all feel how awful this is!
But you and I are not to try and set the world right. The Lord says, “That is My job, and I will look after it.” There is judgment coming upon this world, but the Lord is waiting patiently for something, and we should be patient too. We will see on Monday what the Lord is waiting for.
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