August 24, 2016
Show Me
But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.”
Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. James 2:18
In his song “Show Me” John Legend asks of God, Show me that you love me Show me that you walk with me Hopefully, just above me Heaven’s watching over me. Mr. Legend can know, and need not wonder, that God loves him. Jesus said “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
We need not wonder about that either. So now we are free to occupy ourselves not with wondering about God’s love, but rather with witnessing that very love in our lives. John the apostle also wrote: By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? 1 John 3:16–17
So what God’s Word is challenging us to do is show the love that we receive by faith, not just in words, but in deeds. Eliza Doolittle, singing in “My Fair Lady” would agree. She communicated her impatience with an erstwhile suitor, of whose talk of love she was growing weary: Sing me no song! Read me no rhyme! Don’t waste my time, Show me! Don’t talk of June, Don’t talk of fall! Don’t talk at all! Show me! James would say, “show me your faith by your works, or don’t say you have faith.”
Friends, we have an opportunity to do that with our neighbors in the next state, Louisiana. You can not only talk about your love for them, but you can also show your love. Below is just one of many ways to do so. I trust the donations given through our Texas District will go right to that very cause. If you haven’t already, I invite you to join me by showing your faith. Go to the link below, or some other of your choice, and give what you are able. I gave yesterday, so I know it’s pretty easy. https://secure.accessacs.com/access/oglogin.aspx?sn=147381&f=276
We love, because He first loved us. 1 John 4:19