James 2:26
Dynamic faith is genuine, possesses power, and transforms lives. Every professing Christian should examine their heart and life to ensure they have true, saving, dynamic faith.
Our values decide our evaluations. If we value comfort more than character, then trials will upset us. If we value the material and physical more than the spiritual, we can’t experience joy during trials. If we only live for the now and forget the future, trials will make us bitter, not better. If we respond well, yet testing works for us. The word “testing” can be translated as “being approved.” God’s approval of our faith is precious because it assures us that our faith is genuine and maturing.
Through testing, God wants to produce patience, endurance, and the ability to keep going when things are tough. In the Bible, endurance is not a passive acceptance of circumstances. It is a courageous perseverance in the face of suffering and difficulty. Endurance can’t be attained by reading a book, listening to a sermon, or even praying. We must face life’s problems, trust God, and obey Him in His Word.
Remember, God said through it all, He will never leave us nor forsake us. He is always watchful and forever hearing the cries and needs of His children. In His Word, “never seen the righteousness forsaken nor His seed begging bread.”
Faith is an action word.
James 2:26 says, “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.”
Blessings,
Presiding Elder Barbara Hayes
TWFYT | TWSB
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