Daily Devotional 9-3-26
Faith That Moves
Reading: Galatians 6:1-5 - Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves. Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, for each one should carry their own load.
Devotional: Galatians 6:2 teaches that carrying one another's burdens is how we fulfill the law of Christ. Faith in this passage is not passive or private -- it is physical, inconvenient, and visible. Jesus did not commend the paralyzed man's faith in Luke 5. He commended the faith of the men who carried him. Sometimes your faith is expressed not in what you believe about God but in what you are willing to do for someone else. The roof did not open itself. Someone had to climb up, tear it apart, and lower a friend down. That is what living faith looks like.
Reflection: In what area of your life is God calling you to move from good intentions to visible action?
Reading: Galatians 6:1-5 - Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves. Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, for each one should carry their own load.
Devotional: Galatians 6:2 teaches that carrying one another's burdens is how we fulfill the law of Christ. Faith in this passage is not passive or private -- it is physical, inconvenient, and visible. Jesus did not commend the paralyzed man's faith in Luke 5. He commended the faith of the men who carried him. Sometimes your faith is expressed not in what you believe about God but in what you are willing to do for someone else. The roof did not open itself. Someone had to climb up, tear it apart, and lower a friend down. That is what living faith looks like.
Reflection: In what area of your life is God calling you to move from good intentions to visible action?
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