Consider it all joy...really?

I. The Command: Consider all Trials and Difficulties as Joy (1:2)
“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds”

II. Reason #1: Testing Produces Steadfastness (1:3)
“The testing of your faith produces steadfastness”

III. Reason #2: Steadfastness Produces Maturity (1:4)
“And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing”