It’s easy to say we love someone.
Convincing them takes us to a new level. We must work at it. It’s the small things, like listening to them, being there when they need us, and going the extra mile.
If we claim our love, then never call, how will they know? Our love becomes like an ephemeral mist that fades away in the harsh light of reality.
Claiming faith in God is similar. What backs up our boast? What are we doing that establishes our faith as fact rather than wishful intentions?
James 2:14 pins our ears to the wall.
“What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?”
At the moment of salvation, when we release our past to Jesus, and we feel the weight of our wrongdoing lift from our shoulders, it’s easy to worship him. We feel good, and we sense a connection to the Almighty.
If we don’t call on him in prayer on a regular basis, that connection will begin to fray. Our passion for Christ will become thin then vanish, as wisps of fog evaporate in the heat of the morning sun.
We must live out our faith. James calls it works. We call it prayer, witnessing, living by Christ’s code, and doing good to those we encounter every day.
God basks in our love when he sees our feet in action.
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