"Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, 'Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,' but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. But someone will say, 'You have faith; I have deeds.' Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do."
~ James 2:15-18
Here, James is trying to draw a comparison for us.
We can say compassionate things all we want, like "I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but if we don't act out of that compassion, is it really compassion? If we say to someone, "Gosh, I wish you didn't have to walk around in those awful tattered clothes," but we don't provide them with the clothes even if we have the money to help them out, do we really care about them?
In the same way, if we claim to have faith in God and love Him, but we don't do anything about it, what kind of faith is that? If we really believe that God is the Creator of the universe and the Savior of mankind, why aren't we doing more to further His will? The Gospel is not the kind of thing you can just sit back and listen to and smile about, you know? We're to be doers of the Word of God, and not hearers only (James 1:22).
Faith demands a response, demands action.
What have you done as a result of your faith lately? How have you served the Lord?
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