Are you a doer or just a believer? If you
believe without following through are you really a believer?
As Christians we are often referred to as
believers.
One definition of believe is to have
confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something,
although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so.
Well we know Jesus is the way the truth
and the life and our confidence is in Him. I’m going to change this definition of
believe somewhat to read the reliability of someone instead of something, with
that someone being God. And I will replace without absolute proof that one is
right, because our faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen. And as believers, we are right in having our belief or faith
in God.
We read in James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, or act on what you
have heard, and not hearers
only, deceiving your own selves. You’re not fooling anyone, you’re only fooling
yourself when you are not acting on what you hear, or what you say you believe.
And you’re certainly not fooling God.
It’s kind of like me telling myself I’m
going to exercise when I come home from work. I am morning person. When I
exercise I exercise in the morning before going to work. I can count the number
of times on one hand that I have actually exercised after work. It’s just not
going to happen, so why waste my time even saying I’m going to do it. I’m only
deceiving myself.
What about you? Are you deceiving
yourself? Are you hearing the word but not acting on it, or acting like you
believe it?
We also read in James 2:26 …so faith without works is dead also.
If you don’t have works, or place action
behind your faith or belief, then your faith or belief has no merit.
When you truly believe you will act, or as
I like to say, you will act like it’s so. I must say I’m guilty of not always
acting like it’s so. I have my moments of believing without acting. But when
you think about it, what do you actually have to lose by putting action behind
your faith? You have nothing to lose, and a whole lot to gain.
You see, we can’t act on what we believe
without knowing in whom we believe. Our belief represents our faith and as we read
in Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must
believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
As I just mentioned, you have a whole lot
to gain!
Now let me ask you this. Why is it so easy
for us to place action behind what we think we know rather than what we
believe, or what our faith tells us?
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