Hebrews 11:
By faith we understand the universe was formed at God’s command.
By faith Abel offered.
By faith Noah built.
By faith Abraham obeyed.
Hebrews goes on and on about the faithful people of the Bible.
As I was reading James and Hebrews this morning, it dawned upon me: in God’s story for me, by faith Lindsay… what would it be?
Think about it. God has a greater, grander, wonderful and awesome plan for you that will blow your mind!!! God created the universe. He created you for a specific purpose. For His purpose. But sometimes we are too stubborn to let Him use us because we don’t trust Him fully. Are we getting in the way of God’s plan by not letting the Lord finish the sentence, By faith Lindsay…..
James 2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?
James is telling us that we need deeds if we claim to have faith. James 2:19 You believe there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that-and shudder. Woah.
Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.
So, you need deeds to go hand in hand with your faith. Okay. But these deeds do not define you? Deeds are not your salvation. Jesus is.
How cool!!! We get to be apart of the Lord’s great plan, but our deeds are not our salvation. It is by grace that we are saved and there is nothing we can do to have that taken away from us.
In this life we are patiently awaiting to finish our sentence to see how God uses us.
By faith….
How will you be apart of the Lord’s plan?
