Weekly Devotional

December 12, 2024

The Morning After Devotional: 
James 2:17

Even so faith, if it hath not  works, is dead, being  alone.  

We are known as a people and community of faith. We sing of faith, we preach of faith, we pray in faith, and even testify of being saved through faith. But notice if you will all of the above are carried out verbally (with our mouths). James suggests that even if our faith is deeper than what we say, it must match what we do. Given that, as a people of faith, we must ask an important question. Are we faith walkers, or are we merely faith talkers? Let us not answer for others but for ourselves. Remember our faith is foundational in pleasing God, “without faith it is impossible to please God”.  Surely our text does not constitute the whole of the target concept. However, it is vital to the principle of a working faith. Until the next time my friends, may we approach each trial with trust, and may the God of our faith continue to bless each according to that faith. 

The Prayer:  Father, have mercy upon and forgive us, as you teach us through your Word, your Spirit, and our trials. Amen. 

G. L. Sanders
Senior Pastor, Mercy Seat M. B.  Church