June Fast Day 2

 Lets continue to explore Kingdom Synergy

The fundamental part of our christian walk is faith! And faith as we know it is synergistic when met with action.

Think about Abraham. His faith was credited to him as righteousness because it was met with action. When God spoke to Abraham, his response was obedience. His obedience was evident by him leaving his homeland and family to venture to a place that he did not know. He also committed to sacrificing his promised child because God told him to. Another example of him operating in faith. 

James 2:17 reads even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself. Powerful! Faith without the evidence of works is rendered dead. Which means faith and works have a synergistic relationship. This is not a charge to be compelled to works as a means to an end, because God wants our hearts. 

However our actions tell us where our heart is, and what our desires are. Ultimately what our minds meditate on. If we are walking in faith and committed to the work of God our behavior should be evidence of that. Matthew 7:17 reads likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

The fruit we produce such as our behavior is evidence of our belief systems. If we say we believe God but we don't choose Him, we don't pray, read the word, fellowship, share the gospel, treat others with love, and aspire to live like Christ then our works are not evidence of our profession of faith. 

Let us examine our hearts today. Let us evaluate our behaviors and thought pattens over the last week or even yesterday. Did we pray to God? Did we consider whether our thought patterns aligned with the word of God? When we failed or triumphed what was our default behavior pattern? Did we retreat? Did we serve? Did we cry out to God who desires us to seek Him with our whole hearts?

As privileged children of the most High God we want our faith and actions to align. We want to be doers of the word not just hearers deceiving ourselves. 

Try meditating on the scriptures below and pray them out loud. 

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

John 6: 28-29

Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

James 1: 22-25

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.

Let us do a systems check. Repent if need be and continue to seek God with all your heart. Today pour out your heart to the Lord. Meditate on his word, read and pray the scriptures. And remember that God wants to hear from you. If faith is an area that needs growth, ask Him to help your unbelief.