NOTES for Jc 4:1-10

How often we are afraid... How often we say, “Oh, I am so weak; there is nothing I can do...” And we surrender without a fight, giving the devil an opportunity to act through our inaction. Yet the Apostle James tells us that we can free ourselves and, moreover, that it is not so difficult! Simply resist the devil, and he will flee from you! But it is we who flee... Why? Why does it seem to us that nothing can be done? Perhaps it is easier for us that way? But if we sincerely desire to draw near to God so that He will draw near to us, there will be no choice: unless we resist the devil, we will not be able to draw near to Him.