"What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. .... Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. .... As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. - James 2: 14-17, 26
I sit here in my little office in my comfortable home with no perspective. Even today, I do not face the hardships that so many others face today. I wonder if I should order something on Amazon or get in my car and go to the grocery store or order take out. And yet there are millions on this planet who wonder if they will eat at all today. I turn the tap on and remember that I need to change the water filter while so many walk miles with plastic containers to draw water for the day from a community well.
I am reminded of Matthew 25 - the parable of the Sheep and the Goats. The Goats being insensitive to the struggles that are all around them, living their lives as if there was no needs but their own. The Sheep responding to the "man in the ditch" out of compassion for others. Willing to lay their own needs aside to tend to the needs of others.
We are people of the Faith and that faith is made visible by the way we live and the way we love. Demonstrated to a world without hope.
Lord, give us eyes to see and hearts that are ready to demonstrate the love of God to a world in desperate need.
Think about it – Pray about it – Believe it – Walk in it. Let your light shine and give God the glory.
By Faith Alone By His Grace Alone And For His Glory Alone
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