Faith and Love 

Faith produces love and love produces more faith. 

Have Faith, Show Love

We can’t fix all of the problems in the world. No one can do it all, but we can all do something. Our faith in Jesus should produce love for others. Even if you just make an impact on one person, you are serving Jesus. Think about what I just said. Let me state it a different way. If you are not helping anyone, you are not serving Jesus. We were put on this earth to be like Jesus…to serve. It’s that simple. If you change one life and that person impacts others, the ripple effect starts. 

Faith produces love and love produces more faith. 

So, if you are overwhelmed with the task of helping so many in need, start by doing something for one person. Don’t wait. Remember as you serve, you are serving Jesus, not for the credit or reward, but because you want to be a child of the most-high God. 

Pull the Trigger

Don’t let your hang-ups keep you from pulling the trigger. When I say, “pulling the trigger” I mean doing what God is prompting you to do. You know I have never actually heard God speak to me literally, but I regularly hear God speak to me in my spirit, prompting me to do or say something. It is often something that I don’t want to do or say or something I am fearful of doing, but I have learned to stop and ask two important questions. 

First, does this action or these words align with scripture? Second, will something positive result from my actions or words? If the answer to both questions is “yes,” then I pull the trigger or put actions into motion to make it happen. The difficult part is overcoming the fear. However, I realize I have a choice. I can be a person full of fear or a person full of faith. 

Whatever the outcome, I want to be a person full of faith. I’ve been the person full of fear. It is not healthy and it is not fun. Come good or bad, we can choose to be a person full of faith. Whether we are waiting to hear about the results of a medical test or potential layouts at work, we can choose fear or faith. Whether we are waiting on the results of budget cuts or the results of exams at school, we can choose fear or faith. 

 What Ifs

When we wake up and are faced with the “what ifs,” we need to pray to not be afraid. Do you know that “Do not fear” is written in the Bible 365 times? That is one “Do not fear” for every day of the year…a daily reminder from God to live each day without fear. Never let fear keep you from pulling the trigger. Not making a decision is a decision.

Start today! Pray: “Jesus, how can I serve someone…today?” As we put faith into action, God will grow the love we have for others.

“But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.”

1 Thessalonians 5:8

Copyright © 2023 Chuck Locklear

Also, see Unconditional Love.