Faith + Life

So here you are, living life, probably spending most of your day working, making a little money, so you can go home and relax, maybe go out with friends. Your faith is designed to permeate your life, work, friends, relatives. It's an authentic faith in Jesus, isn't it? You're not the kind to just play the game on Sunday. Why waste your time doing that? No, the trust in Jesus you are increasingly experiencing is life affects how you live and causes you to do stuff, even at work and out with friends. You start finding purpose in life besides money, relaxation and entertainment.

So here's a literal translation of Philemon 1:6 -
"(I pray) that the sharing/fellowship of the faith of you might become powerfully effective in the knowledge of all the good in us unto Christ Jesus."

So? Well, there is an assumed sharing of our faith. It means more than telling someone, in that sense of sharing. It is SHARING, or letting our faith be shared. It's not keeping it private, or secret. There is an outflowing of real faith. Paul prays that for Philemon, it will have it's inherent power and effectiveness.

Tie that in with Galatians 5:6 (ESV) -
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.

Yes, that's right, working. Works. Stuff to do. Life to share. Things we're supposed to DO. IT COUNTS!