MY
DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion
for Saturday May 20, 2017
Topic:
Faith And Action: Two Sides Of The Coin
Text:
James 1:22
Faith without work is dead so says
James in Jas 2:26. For anyone to become a faithful Christian, he/she must
developed faith as a virtue in personal life and works. Today, Abraham is
called the father of the faithful because by his works he proved his faith. God
didn’t tell him where to go, but by the instruction to leave his father land,
he left (Gen 12:4). Many of us today will argue with God to tell us where He is
sending us. Great heroes and heroines of the Scriptures attained that status
because of the faith they demonstrated in their walk with God. Faith goes with
action. Both are two sides of coin you can’t do without. You cannot say you believe in God but has
nothing to prove what you actually believed in. It must be substantiated with
actions.
James tells us that we should always
substantiate our faith by doing what we hear in the word of God. Albert Barnes
says “If a man supposes that by a mere punctual attendance on preaching, or a
respectful attention to it, he has done all that is required of him, he is
labouring under a most gross self- deception.” Unfortunately these words of
Barnes are true in the life of some Christians today. They are utterly
regardless whether these words have any influence on their lives or not. This
is mere hypocrisy. There must be a corresponding action to the faith we
confess. We have so many church denominations but its effects are not seen in
our daily lives. If we say we are Christians, we should be justified by our
action not by our confession alone (Matt.7:21; Lk 11:28 & Rom. 2: 13).
Food
for Thought:
Is your faith justified by your confession and action
Memory
verse: James
1 verse 22
Prayer: Lord
God, make me a doer of your word and not hearer alone.
