Faith Inaction:

In the hour I’ve been sitting at my CBC desk, I’ve heard several loud train-horn blasts. They obviously came from nearby … but I don’t remember seeing any tracks. Let the head scratching commence.
 
According to my research, the closest train track is 61.5 km or … a little over 38 miles away. The only other railways in Panama have been defunct for over 25 years. So, what am I hearing? You know … semi-trucks outfitted with train horns. Heaven forbid that one should slow down while passing the Coronado entrance. Why do that when you can use your air-horns to clear a path?
 
It reminds me of the first car Sue and I purchased together. It was a 1985 Honda Civic Station Wagon. If you know of one in good condition … I’ll buy it. It was a super little car, camper, pickup, mountain climbing, all-purpose, do-whatever-you-want vehicle. It was one of my favorite cars … except for the horn. The horn sounded like the Looney Tunes’ Roadrunner with a serious head cold. I got no respect. So, when the horn died, I replaced it with the loudest set of dual horns I could find. The first time I used the new horn, the person I honked at searched the intersection in vain for a 1975 Cadillac Fleetwood. I still got no respect. A train horn on a semi … doesn’t make it a train. Dual, 185 dB, matching “f” horns can’t turn a Civic into a Cadillac.
 
Hebrews 11 is a running list of people who were saved by and lived by their faith in God. Their actions did not save them, their faith saved them. Good works never lead to salvation, but true salvation cannot exist devoid of good works. James 2:20 puts it this way, “Faith without works is useless.” Some translations read “Faith without works is dead.” Hebrews says that faith is evidence of things unseen … and teaches that a life lived intentionally for God and His will is evidence of real faith. Faith is more than checking off a list that you believe the right things (read James 2:19). True faith will always be Faith-in-Action.
 
 

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