Proactive/Reactive Faith

I have come to the conclusion that there are two types of faith. Yes, there are many shades within those types, but nonetheless, two basic types. The first is called reactive faith. It is the faith that you can choose to excercise when you are faced with a difficult situation – you lose your job, you receive a bad diagnosis from the doctor, your marriage is in trouble; these are all examples of reactive faith. Reactive faith helps our faith to grow and is incredibly important if we want our Christianity to be more than empty words.

There is another type of faith, though. I call it proactive faith. It is found in Isaiah 6 when the Lord calls out and says "Who will go for us, whom shall I send?" Isaiah answers "Here am I, send me." Proactive faith looks to God and longs to be used by Him. It says, "God, I want to see you glorified. Whatever you ask of me, no matter the cost, that I will do." Then that person goes and does it. They don't worry about the obstacles standing in their way, but they move forward like Abraham when God told him to move to a distant land. The next morning Abraham picked up his tents and moved.

There is a new call to the church. It is a call to proactive faith. God is looking for Christians who have the brazeness to seek God for what He wants in their lives, and then to do it. Are you that person?

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