Passing the Test of Your Faith

God desires for us to be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing; but the road to that is the testing of our faith.

The natural question is, “What does it take to succeed when the test comes?”  There are two cooperating forces which must be at work.  James 1:4-5 shows us what those two forces are,

But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.  If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him