OUR FATHER WHO PROMISES A CROWN OF LIFE IF WE PERSERVERE IN THE TRIALS WE FACE

The book of James chapter 1 verse 9 says this;

Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.

In other words, the Apostle James tells us that a believer in a lowly position in this world is elevated to a lofty position in the spiritual realm.

This precept parallels the words that  the Lord Jesus spoke in Mathew chapter 20 verse 16;

“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

Conversely, in James chapter 1 verse 10, the Apostle  James gives this advice to the believers who are rich;

But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.

Here, humiliation is the place that the rich should take pride in for their lives are as fleeting as a vapour. The Apostle James brings out the truth that riches can easily give the illusion of permanence but we must remember that our earthly lives are temporal and we can wither as quickly as a wildflower in the sun.

For believers, if we are poor, we should glory in our high position in the spirit and  if we are rich, we should glory in our humble position in the spirit.

James advises both the rich and the poor  to persevere in whatever trials their stations in life aim at them for if they endure their trials, they shall be awarded the crown of life promised by the Lord as recorded in James chapter 1 verse 12.

Amen.