Dead faith will not obey the word and will of God. Dead faith does not do God's will. Dead faith will not work. God can do anything that He chooses to do without us. However, God has chosen to work through us. Living faith does the the will of God. Dead faith does nothing."As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also"(James 2:26).
The Bible teaches that we are laborers together with God (1 Corinthians 3:9). It is God's will for faith to work through us. You may put a glove on your hand to do the work before you. The glove does not do the work alone, neither can it. The hand works through the glove. So, it is God who works in you both to will and do of his good pleasure (Philippians 2:13).
Dead faith says, There is nothing that we can do. What will be, will be. Nothing we can do will make any difference. To the contrary, living faith says, I will do the word of God. He has put it in my heart. He is working through me to the praise of his glory. I am a doer of the word. The Bible says, Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves (James 1:22).
Maybe you are in a situation where you are asking God to do something about it. Living faith prays like this, God what would you have me to do? Faith acts on the word of God. Living faith rises up to do something about it. Living faith works.
