Work It Out to Walk It Out

Experiencing the fullness of our faith depends on how we walk by faith. A known concept about faith from the scriptural perspective is that it requires working it out, otherwise, it is plain dead being stagnant, doing nothing (James 2:17). Know that there are methodology and practices of which we are justified by the works of our faith and not by faith as the one thing (James 2:24). Thus we must understand what it is we can and should be doing that demonstrates our faith.

One thing that you can do to be successful in working out your faith is to ask the Most High Elohim what He wants you to do. We must also have wise and sensible reasoning when receiving from God so that you will know that it is Him and not some other entity. Know that God will not give you sinister and wicked instructions to fulfill His purpose. There are acceptable practices in place based on what was occurring during the time Jesus the Messiah walked the earth. For example, giving monetary offerings to your assigned assembly or praising and worshiping with the sound of your voice are appropriate acts. Another action is speaking or telling what shall happen. Listen and look out for God to give you specific and strategic actions as you seek Him.

Endurance and patience are other factors to remember about achieving the fullness of faith.
James 1:2, 3 – Even though we have various temptations, tribulations, or trials we must understand that the trying process works patience in us.
James 1:4 – If we let patience work in us, then we will lack nothing.
James 1:5, 6 – If you lack wisdom on the process, then ask God for it but do so with an unwavering, stable faith stance.
James 1:7, 8 – The process of faith and asking for wisdom is unforgiving for those who are double-minded and unstable. You must be steadfast, enduring, and deep-rooted in your belief.

Be steadfast, enduring, and deep-rooted in believing for the good thing that you asked God to do in your life.

Two examples of people who reached the fullness of faith were the centurion who asked that his servant be healed (Matthew 8:5-13; Luke 7:2-10) and the woman with the blood disease who touched the hem of his garment (Matthew 9:20-22; Luke 8:43-48). The centurion soldier heard of the Messiah, recognized His authority for healing, and sought Him out to heal his servant. He endured the idea that he was not worthy to be in the presence of the Messiah. The Messiah sent His word as His presence. The centurion believed based on the word of the Messiah (Luke 7:7). The woman said within herself “If I may but touch His garment, I shall be whole.” She endured the crowd of people just to get to the Messiah and touch His garment. A major point to understand is what led to her belief and saying that this would happen. It must have been common knowledge that people were experiencing healing and wholeness in this way. See another example in Matthew 14:35-36 whereby people in the land of Gennesaret were diseased and sought to touch the hem of the Messiah’s garment.

Know that our faith has to do the work of perception and retrieval for us when there is something we need or want that is not physically present right now. We must deploy faith as substance and evidence. This also involves imagining or meditating on the manifestation, which is something that God taught Abraham to do with the stars when Abraham believed God to have children (Genesis 15:4-6). Besides that, God taught Abraham about the principle of telling or speaking what will happen when He said, “Look now toward heaven and tell the stars…” The KJV version of scripture doesn’t paint a clear picture of how Abraham would have spoken in the similar way it does for the woman with the blood disease. However, if we can imagine it could have been something like, “So shall my seed be” all while looking upon the stars.

Fundamentally, it is up to each of us to assert the faith process as an authentication measure or indication that what we desire to occur will physically materialize. Let’s live it out!

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