As we look at patience, James provides us with a sense of space and depth! James offers a distinctive insight into the importance, reward, and blessings associated with patience. While he portrays the nature patience, he does so by referencing the Lord’s return, highlighting that He will reward the righteous and recompense the wicked. James presents a three-dimensional picture of patience, providing traits that are worth emulating, such as those seen in the farmer, the prophets of old, and the patriarch Job.