show me your faith

“In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” - James 2:17

The strongest evidence of what we believe lies in our actions. If I say A but do B, I truly believe in B. Usually, this discrepancy between words and beliefs doesn't cause major issues since we rarely have to stake something significant on our beliefs.

However, when you need to bet big on someone's beliefs, examine their actions, achievements, and whether they're positioned to lose if their beliefs prove wrong. While this may seem obvious, it's challenging to maintain objectivity when faced with authority figures or eloquent speakers. Even harder is discerning what we truly believe ourselves.

Not all beliefs stem from actions, but true beliefs lead to action. Action transforms beliefs from abstract to concrete, making them real. This process strengthens beliefs and fine-tunes them at a practical level. When action results contradict our beliefs, it helps us quickly identify and move away from incorrect beliefs before they become deeply reinforced.

For your beliefs to truly impact your life and environment, you must bring them down from abstraction to concrete steps. This requires action, particularly to resolve the inevitable deadlocks that arise during implementation.

These deadlocks often stem from a lack of clear facts or experience rather than logical deficiency. Without action yielding definitive conclusions, we're left to rely on inference and deduction from existing premises, leading to varying conclusions based on different methodologies. Action cuts through this uncertainty decisively.

What do you believe in? No need to say - your actions speak for themselves. Beliefs that don't manifest in action lack the strength to take root and grow.