The Epiousios — ἐπιούσιος, the “daily” of “give us this day our daily bread”. It stands in and , and nowhere else in Scripture.
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The Trying of Your Faith
“Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.”
(KJV)
James uses the same root and names patience as what the testing works, which requires the testing to continue a while.
When He Hath Tried MeOld Testament
“But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.”
(KJV)
Job states the outcome with no visibility of the process, which is the position most sufferers are actually in.
Name what your current difficulty is burning off, and ask God to complete that work rather than only to end the heat.
Passage:
Focus: Notice the words "for a season" and "if need be", and what they concede about the trial without weakening the promise.
Ask yourself: Would you rather your faith were comfortable or proved? Most of us want the second and pray for the first.
God of all grace, when the heat of trial rises, remind me that You are refining a faith more precious than gold that perishes. Let Your Holy Spirit purify my trust until it stands at the appearing of Your Son. In the name of the Lord Jesus, the Refiner's fire. Amen.