The Bible says in James chapter 2, faith without works, is dead. If we just sit and think about good intensions without expressing our faith by actually doing something, then our faith is dead.
I like studying the heroes of faith in Hebrews chapter 11. One of them was Noah who heard God telling him to build an ark in order to save his family from an impending judgement of all people in his generation, through floods. It is written that Noah obeyed God's instruction even though it had never rained before. This, brethren is great faith.
What is God telling you to do for Him, yourself or even for others? We cannot hear Him say a thing if we don't read our Bibles and learn to slow down and listen to Him.
Often God will lead us through new paths, something we may have never seen or tried before. For example, after the death of Moses, Joshua had to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land across the Jordan River. Isn't it amazing that God made Him cross the river during the flood season? He did this so that when the waters parted, people would see His glory in a greater way and Joshua himself knew God from a new perspective. God showed he was in control and that He was the same God who was with Moses.
If God is leading you to do something you have never experienced before, consider this staggering promise from Jesus in John chapter 15: 9 [NLT]:
"I have loved you even as the Father has loved me…."
Consider all the miracles and Jesus' great deeds and glory when He walked this earth. There is no doubt God loved Him. Elsewhere the same Jesus said whatever He said these were not His words but the Father's exact words.
So, let us believe God's words above. He loves us as much as He loved Jesus. God is with us and ready to act in response to our acts of faith, just as He supported Jesus' every act of faith.
Farai Mutsambiwa
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