Showing posts with label Faith in Action. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Faith in Action. Show all posts

Monday, October 11, 2010

We All Have Faith

Have you ever heard someone described as a "man of faith" or as a "woman of faith"? Sure, we all have.

For some reason I was thinking about this while driving on a trip with my son a week or so ago. We happened to be traveling at dusk over a two-lane road in Indiana which was anything but straight. I have to admit that it was a little frightening with the oncoming traffic coming at us and being somewhat difficult to see.

I realized that the only way I could continue on was if I had faith that the driver coming at us would remain on his or her side of the yellow line. The same is true for all of us. We all have to exercise faith everyday just to function...even if it is only faith in someone else to do what they are supposed to do.

In other words, we are all men and women of faith.

The real question is, what are we placing our faith in? If we place our faith in man, we will eventually (and always) be disappointed. However, we can be assured of one thing. If God promised it, you can always count on it, even if it seems impossible.

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It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.
Psalm 118:8

Friday, August 07, 2009

Holy Huddle

At the Willow Creek Leadership Summit yesterday, the day was ended with an inspiring talk by Harvey Carey. Harvey is the lead pastor of a multi-cultural church in Detroit who are doing great things.

He asked us to picture this. You purchase a ticket to a football game. You walk in the stadium and the game begins. Your team huddles up. And, they continue to stay huddled for an hour or so. Then they break and go into the locker room. Not one play run...game over. As a fan, wouldn't you feel cheated?

He went on to say that many of us in churches are no different than this team. We get together once a week and "huddle" for an hour or so. Then we break and go home and never run a play. Wow.

So, are you going to stay in the huddle or will you run a play and do what God asks you to do?

In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
James 2:17