Monday, April 14, 2008
When I was a good church going teen I remember one lesson in particular at youth group. It was called a "faith" or "trust" fall. One person would stand on the edge of a table while 2 rows of people, arms extended, would catch you as you fell. The fall required that you fully trusted those arms below to catch you. Our youth pastor took the time to explain how faith in God is much like a faith fall, we have to trust that God is there for us all the time.
We do faith falls, we show pictures of faith and tell stories about men of great because faith itself is very hard to define. It is a trust in the unseen, yet faith is not blind; it is hopeful expectation that carries with it absolute certainty. It is explained better through a story and is defined more clearly by actions. We all have it some kind of faith, we all put our trust in something and James tells us clearly here that our faith in Jesus requires us to live like it.
The question you and I must face is; when someone is given opportunity to describe your faith, what will their answer be? Are you truly showing a faith in Jesus by your actions, or have you put your faith in other things? Is your faith in your job, money, drugs, or other things?
This week take an honest assessment, or if you are brave enough, ask someone to assess you truthfully and ask this simple question: Based upon the way I live, I put my faith in _________.
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