Our faith should be lived out in our actions.
In James it says, "Faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead."
I consider myself a person of very strong faith in my God. I seek things in my life very prayerfully, and I always feel sure of what I know God is calling me to do. A very dear mentor of mine once said, "do not pray for God to show you what you are supposed to do. You already know. You are just resisting and wasting God's time. Rather, pray for God to give you the strength, courage, and ability to do what He calls of you." I took this to heart very deeply. When I pray, I know God is telling me something. But it does not fit in my plan, so I choose to ignore it. But I always know what I am ignoring.
The hard part is living out the faith.
It is so easy to say, ok, I definitely have faith in God. I have a faith picture frame in my room. I have a ring that says faith. But like James says, faith with out works, it is dead. My life is influenced by my faith in school right now. I went out on a limb to be a religion major. At first my parents were livid with me. How can anyone with a religion degree make any money to support a lifestyle? But I knew with out a doubt that is where God wanted me to be. And now, here I am, standing on the brink of an incredibly wide variety of ways God can move in me, work in me, and lead me to where I can be best utilized for the kingdom of God.
Faith. It takes action.
In James it says, "Faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead."
I consider myself a person of very strong faith in my God. I seek things in my life very prayerfully, and I always feel sure of what I know God is calling me to do. A very dear mentor of mine once said, "do not pray for God to show you what you are supposed to do. You already know. You are just resisting and wasting God's time. Rather, pray for God to give you the strength, courage, and ability to do what He calls of you." I took this to heart very deeply. When I pray, I know God is telling me something. But it does not fit in my plan, so I choose to ignore it. But I always know what I am ignoring.
The hard part is living out the faith.
It is so easy to say, ok, I definitely have faith in God. I have a faith picture frame in my room. I have a ring that says faith. But like James says, faith with out works, it is dead. My life is influenced by my faith in school right now. I went out on a limb to be a religion major. At first my parents were livid with me. How can anyone with a religion degree make any money to support a lifestyle? But I knew with out a doubt that is where God wanted me to be. And now, here I am, standing on the brink of an incredibly wide variety of ways God can move in me, work in me, and lead me to where I can be best utilized for the kingdom of God.
Faith. It takes action.
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