Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Work Your Faith
Mark 4:30-32
Faith is the essential makeup of the things that we hope for and gives clear proof of showing what is true or false about the things we do not see with the human eye. When Jesus said for us to have faith the size of a mustard seed, He was not merely talking about its size, but rather its essence. Faith starts out as a seed; needing to be planted, watered, and given sunlight. If you carry the seed around with you wherever you go, you can truly say that you have a seed. But that ‘faith’ that you have will never grow, instead it will stay as a seed. The outer shell will never be broken for the life that is on the inside to manifest on the outside. Likewise if you keep your faith as simply having or possessing faith, but you never work your faith, it will stay as a mustard seed. This is why James 2:17 says "faith without works is dead."
Think about it; when you walk into your house, you comfortably plop down into a couch or a chair without a second thought of whether it can hold and support your weight. That is putting your faith into action. Should we place more confidence in a chair than in our Almighty Creator? If you truly have faith, it will cause you act as though you already have the proof of what you do not yet see.
Father, help me to understand that you truly cannot lie. I want to believe with my whole heart that if your Word makes a promise, it will happen. Strengthen me so I will not waver in the wind, but rest with all joy and peace in your arms. I cast my cares on you in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Mark 4:30-32
Faith is the essential makeup of the things that we hope for and gives clear proof of showing what is true or false about the things we do not see with the human eye. When Jesus said for us to have faith the size of a mustard seed, He was not merely talking about its size, but rather its essence. Faith starts out as a seed; needing to be planted, watered, and given sunlight. If you carry the seed around with you wherever you go, you can truly say that you have a seed. But that ‘faith’ that you have will never grow, instead it will stay as a seed. The outer shell will never be broken for the life that is on the inside to manifest on the outside. Likewise if you keep your faith as simply having or possessing faith, but you never work your faith, it will stay as a mustard seed. This is why James 2:17 says "faith without works is dead."
Think about it; when you walk into your house, you comfortably plop down into a couch or a chair without a second thought of whether it can hold and support your weight. That is putting your faith into action. Should we place more confidence in a chair than in our Almighty Creator? If you truly have faith, it will cause you act as though you already have the proof of what you do not yet see.
Father, help me to understand that you truly cannot lie. I want to believe with my whole heart that if your Word makes a promise, it will happen. Strengthen me so I will not waver in the wind, but rest with all joy and peace in your arms. I cast my cares on you in Jesus’ name, Amen.
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