It doesn’t do any good if you desire something, get it, and then ignore it. It doesn’t do any good if you study and learn something and then not take advantage of your knowledge. It doesn’t do any good if you pray for something, get it, and then act like you didn’t get it. It doesn’t do any good if Jesus gives you faith for something, you know you have it, and then doubt that it really happened. It doesn’t do any good if you love people so much that you get those things from God that they need, but don’t give them to them. Action is where you and Jesus take advantage of God’s answers to your prayers.

Nothing God does to you, for you, with you, in you, or through you is forced on you. If you don’t want to base your life on the fact that you have it and can live on the basis of it, God doesn’t force you. Action is your opportunity to act on the faith that Jesus spoke into you. All you have to do is ask Jesus to join you in the action and He will. If you will ask Him to help you take action, when you have something, He will empower you to act on it. Otherwise you have it but don’t benefit from having it.

Taking action, when it is based on the faith Jesus spoke into you can be scary. There are times when you are required to step out in faith and believe that Jesus will be there to honor you action. This is where the training comes in; you have to be taught when to take action and when not. There are human actions; and there are faith-actions. Jesus wants to teach you how to take faith-actions and give up human actions.

If this is the area where you are suffering the most, then it would be good for you to take this study. Just select the “Action” word in the gray box and it will take you to that study.