I don't know if I have ever heard a better explanation of how faith and works go together, as what General William Booth of the Salvation Army once said. He said, "Faith and works should travel side by side, step answering to step, like the legs of men walking. First faith, and then works, and then faith again, and then works again - until they can scarcely distinguish which is the one and which is the other." The only thing that I would say could be added to this, is one last important ingredient, and that is love. Love should be the muscle that moves our faith into action. The Apostle Paul says in Galatians 5:6, "For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love." Faith accompanied by works, motivated by love. May your week be filled with faith that leads to works, that is motivated by the love of Jesus Christ.
