James 5:7–9 | What do you do when justice is delayed and the wrong people keep winning?

Last week James pronounced judgment on the wealthy oppressors and ended with one phrase that wouldn’t let us go: “He does not resist you.” So what are God’s people supposed to do when justice doesn’t come on our timeline? When the wrong people keep winning? When we’re tempted to take matters into our own hands?

In Part 1 of this series, Pastor Brian opens James 5:7-9 and walks us through the first two of four answers James gives the waiting church. We learn what it means to wait like the farmer who trusts God for the early and latter rain, and we hear James’s warning about what comes out of our mouths when the pressure of waiting gets long. Because the same Judge who heard the cry of the oppressed is the Judge standing at the door right now, listening to how we treat the brother and sister next to us.

Wait with purpose. Watch your words. Because the Judge is at the door.