James 1:4

Did you memorize Romans 5:3-5?  Keep working at it if not!
James 1:4:
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

The Holy Bible: King James Version. (2009). (Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Jas 1:4). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

Here is the Young's literal translation:
and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire—in nothing lacking;

Let patience have its perfect work - In other words,  let it keep going on, don't thwart the process, don't abort what Christ is trying to do in your life, let God do His work-what He is trying to do in your life... and, let it happen without murmuring and complaining [Phil. 2:14 - Do all things without murmurings and disputings:].

Work = [Strong's #2041.  ἔργον ĕrgŏn, er´-gon; from a prim. (but obsol.) ἔργω ĕrgō (to work); toil (as an effort or occupation); by impl. an act:—deed, doing, labour, work.] This indicates that endurance should be active not passive.  What is James saying? While you are going thru a trial, under a terrific load you are not to remain stationary; move about, exercise your energy, you're to keep serving Christ.  Your trials should not render you ineffective for God's service.  Keep on serving God, don't abandon God's people, or the worship of God or ministry.  This should not be our response. Why?  James says so you can be perfect and entire, lacking nothing so that you can be complete having all your parts there.  In the physical realm it is like a person without a leg...you don't want to be like that you want to be perfect, entire, James says, lacking nothing!  I want all your parts to be complete.  Trials are sent to complete us, to perfect us. Don't reject your trials because when you do, you stifle your spiritual growth...don't be a spiritual baby in spiritual diapers!

If you respond rightly to trials, James says, you will live victoriously wanting nothing.  Have you ever been around a seasoned saint not one who is old physically but spiritually, someone who has allowed the sufferings of life to mature them? What is it about these saints that make us want to be around them?  It is the Christ-like qualities that have been produced as a result of their suffering.  You can see it on their faces - they radiate Christ!  If we say we want to be like Christ then we must expect trials and we must expect trials of many kinds.  Paul said, "I want to know Him...and the fellowship of .... what? sufferings!
[That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; Phil. 3:10]

To know Christ in an intimate way is to suffer with Him.

To wrap up these 4 verses we have gone through, think about these things:
1.  The reality of your life is that you will have trials.  You must have a proper reaction to your trials-joy.  An inner understanding and contentment of peace that God is working in your life.
2.  The reward to trials is to react to your trials with an inner contentment of joy knowing your trials are producing something:  
Patience / Steadfastness / Completion - Allow hardships of life to bring you to perfection and maturity in Christ.

Will you allow this?  That is what your assignment would be for the week, think about these 4 blogs, read the 4 verses in James 1:1-4 over and over again and talk to God about how you react to what is happening in your life.  Do you want inner contentment and peace, to become spiritually mature, lacking nothing/spiritually complete?