Many times I hear people saying with great and honest conviction, "Lord, give me more faith!" You get more faith by being faithful. Many cite Jesus saying that if you have the faith of a mustard seed you can move mountain. As Christians, we believe this to be true. So why do so many Christians fail? They fail economically( Lord, I need more money), socially (Lord, I need a girl/boy friend), physically (Lord, help me lose weight), Lord, give me the faith! The Lord says to us-go out and earn it!
Remember the Parable of the Talents?The three servants whom he gave 5, 2, & 1 talent? The one with 5 made 10, the one with 2 made 4, and the one servant buried his. The Lord cast him out and gave it to the one who had 10, and said well done my good and faithful servants enter into the joy of your Lord! The faithful servants were working and received more!
This is what St James meant by saying "Faith without works is dead." We might paraphrase into "Faith without action faith is impotent. "
God is faithful-this is true. We are children of a great King, in fact, the King of Kings. If we approach our lives with this mindset then the power of the living God becomes alive in our lives.
God will more than meet us half way, but he deals with humans in a way that rewards action and prudence, forethought and wisdom (wise as serpents, harmless as doves).
What ever problem you have, God will supply your needs, but our Lord rewards action-not just words.
We will speak again -The Lord willing
Big D
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Good Morning Dale - Yes, I finally made it here, and once again your verbal skills are inspiring! But we need to get more viewers for your work... Have you ever thought of posting these entries at your FaceBook page and then publishing the link to this Blog right after it? You may not want it to be that "public", but your insights are very worthy of being shared my friend! Blessings! Dean
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