Tozer Devotion

This is what I look at every morning before work at 1am. Here is the daily devotional from Tozer from the Alliance website. My mind is half working, and don't wake up too early to do much more.

The Size of the Soul

Chapter #35

Christian--Or Only a Student of Christianity?

Living Out Faith

. . . the snare Epictetus warned against is the very one into which multitudes of professed Christians are falling, viz., mistaking the word for the deed and falsely assuming that if they know the teaching of the Christian faith they are therefore in that faith.

The One who said, “Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways, and be wise” (Proverbs 6:6), would hardly be displeased if we were to humble ourselves to learn an important lesson from an old Greek philosopher.

It will help us to locate ourselves spiritually if we face up to the rather ungracious question: “Are you a Christian in fact or merely a student of Christianity?” A lot will depend upon the answer, and if ever we should be frank, it is when we examine ourselves to see if we be in the faith. Multitudes tread a hazy path to death because they will not bring themselves under the searching eye of God. They prefer to assume everything is all right, though so to assume is always dangerous and may be deadly.

Prayer

O God, may I increasingly live my faith in You by trusting You for Your power in daily living.

Scripture

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

Thought

Are we living out our faith? If not, is ours genuine faith? In Christ there is enablement but it has to be appropriated and exercised.