DCLM Higher Everyday 21 May 2025 — The Patience Of Job

Topic: The Patience Of Job

Text: James 5:7-18

7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

10Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

17Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

Key Verse: “Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy” (James 5: 11).

Message

Patience is a great virtue that is often not found among the young ones especially in this generation. While our Lord Jesus Christ was talking to His disciples about the heralds of His coming, He said at some point in Luke 21: 19, “In your patience possess ye your souls.” He had said this because He knew that impatience would characterize the days before His Second Coming. He knew very well that the impatient heart would lose its bearing and miss heaven if care is not taken.

Also Read: DCLM Higher Everyday 20 May 2025 – The Prayer Of The Righteous

Like Job was patient, we are expected to be patient in every area of our lives as young people but most importantly, patient in possessing Christian experiences personally. Again, we must be patient in suffering for righteous courses; patient in expectations; patient in learning, personal development and growth processes; patient in healing and recovery process; patient in prayers and waiting for answers; and patient in relationship with people of same or different age, gender, colour or status. You can possess the virtue of patience when you are saved as a component of the fruit of the Spirit.

Quote: “In your patience possess ye your souls”

Challenge: Impatient heart, be still!

Prayer for today: Help me Lord, to be patient at all times.

GOSPEL REALM: STEPS TO SALVATION
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)