Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

 

 

Got to love James, he is pragmatic, what he tells you is practical and for everyday life.   This whole portion was obvious to people who believed, but their belief was not producing movement or change in their life; it was not producing action.

 

See, "Faith is a Verb"; it is meant to produce action in our lives. 

 

James spends this whole chapter talking about how "Faith" should produce activity in our lives, we should "ACT" on what we believe.   What good is it for me to tell you something I believe if I am not trying to act on what I believe?   Now I am not saying that some people are not preaching one thing and doing another; there are plenty, but none of us think that is right.  So James' word is pragmatic, "do what the word says, do what you believe." 

 

 

Like Nike, "Just do it!"      Let your Faith take you places the former person who did not believe would have never gone.   Do things that only God could have led you to do, see things only God could have shown you, become the person only God could have led you to be. Faith will take you places, but first you have to take a step.

 

This is a challenge, if you are just doing the minimum, your faith and action is disbalanced, then do something about it, "BE BOLD!"   If you are only doing the minimum, "DO MORE!"   

 

Our belief should be having us, stepping out, SERVING, putting our HANDS to work, because of what we "BELIEVE!"   Let that challenge you today.

 

 

Lord today if we are just doing the minimum, if our faith is weak because we have let it produce no activity in our lives, then change us, challenge us to do more, to seek you more, to step out of the boat (Thanks Peter) to take the first step, to walk on water, to leap, to take impossible steps and discover they are possible, help us "LIVE" out our "FAITH," in Jesus' name!