"Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that - and shudder" James 2:18b-19.
As Christians, we continuously, though not always, say things like Jesus is risen from the grave and that God was the one who formed us. This faith is easy for there is nothing we have to do to show our faith in it. All we have to do is be Christians and go about our daily life. The whole deal with church, reading our Bible, and praying.
These things are all well and good but when we go about our Christianity as if that is what it is all about, simply believing Christ was risen, then we are stagnant. We don't live our day as if God is a part of our life. This type of faith is not a living breathing being that causes us to sit up and listen when God is speaking.
The faith, which Christ addresses the most is a faith that God is moving. We must have faith that Jesus fulfills his promises, is able and does miracles, continues to speak to us, and will pick us up when we fall. This is a vibrant living being. It forces us into action. If we truly believe (have faith) that God is always with us, we will do exactly what He tells us. If we truly believe (have faith) that God is in control and won't let anything happen to us without His permission, we will be more willing to step out in faith. This is the type of faith which creates miracles, which makes people be bitten and not hurt, beaten and laughed at, and filled with joy in the hardest of circumstances. With this faith, Moses crossed the sea, Peter spoke to the crowds, Paul went to Rome to speak to Caesar, and David wrote the Psalms. With this faith you can move mountains, you can love others, you can go to Africa with only a weeks notice, and you can tell your neighbor about Christ.
So the question is to all of us. Which type of Faith do you have? Does your faith cause you to climb mountains, or are you still singing hymns from your bench and never leaving that bench to tell others of this faith?
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