James is a book that almost didn't make the Bible! Whether or not it would make the final cut was hotly debated (or so the scholars/historians tell us). Thank God we have this wonderful epistle with so many pragmatic and wise words for living in our everyday lives.
Chapter two delves into the debate: faith or works? Which one saves us?
Well, faith does. But the writer makes the argument that one cannot truly have faith (belief) without it finding its way into our actions, our words and our choices.
Someone once said to me:
Want to know what you really believe in? What you really value? Then, take a look at your calendar and your checkbook. Wherever you are investing your time and your treasure.....that's what you value.
Hmmm, made me think. And it may not be that simple....but there certainly is truth in that observation, isn't there? Jesus put it a bit differently:
"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." Matthew 6:21
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