Faith in Action

Devotional Reading: Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see. Hebrews 11:1 NLT

Faith is acting like God is telling the truth. It’s basing your actions on the belief that what He says is true.

Faith isn’t merely feeling like God is telling the truth. Nor is it saying God is telling the truth. It is acting like God is telling the truth. This faith walk is to be done without the requirement of prior visible, empirical evidence to validate it (2 Corinthians 5:7). It is rather to be based on the integrity of God.

Faith always includes movement and actions aligned with what you believe to be true. Unless your faith makes it all the way down to your feet, it’s not faith. Rather, it’s an intellectual concept that hasn’t been mixed with action, and nothing concrete will show up in your life. Exercising faith takes God’s involvement in your life from a theory in your mind to a reality in your life.

Here’s another way to define faith:
Faith is acting like it’s so even when it’s not so, in order that it might be so simply because God said so.

Prayer and Confession
LORD, teach me to put my faith into action, to act upon that which you have spoken to me in your word.

Further Reading: James 2:17-18