"Faith without action is dead." - James 2:14
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I find great irony in the fact that we reside in a society that is never satisfied, and yet one of the most profound stumbling blocks for Christians is complacency. How can a people that are starving for more of everything reach a point of fullness in their faith? Nearly all of us reach a point in our walk with the Lord (often more than once) in which we feel no need to push our faith onward. We simply find a good spot, survey our surroundings, and become content to stop, set up camp, and stay awhile. We feel good about the position that we are in with our faith and we desire only to sit and enjoy it.
The problem lies is the fact that faith, like a river, should be ever moving and changing. Our faith moves whether we want it to or not, and it only moves in 2 directions, forward or back. A river is unique to other earthly bodies of water in that it is constantly moving and is never the same twice. The same portion of water never moves over an area more than once, the flow of the current is ever shifting sand, and smoothing rocks. Our faith should resemble a river. We should be persistent in pushing our faith to higher measures at all times, always changing and evolving into a closer image of Christ. We should never be content to remain stagnant in our faith. It is impossible for a person to stand in the same river more than once, and it is just as impossible for a person to reach the same place in faith more than once. If we are not progressing in our faith then we are falling. We may encounter similar situations in our walk, but none are identical in their effect. James tells us that if our faith is not active...going and doing, then it is dead. For faith to be living it must be consistently and constantly developing. May my faith be like a river...
In Christ's Love and My Own,
Brianne
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