Originally posted on Facebook on Wednesday, August 28, 2024.

Paul: teaching the mechanics
James: "Lift something." 😂😂

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Bible study and knowing scripture is cool, but at some point we have to move from inspiration to perspiration.

I allow this through obedience: by submitting to the Holy Spirit and presenting myself as a physical member of Christ.

I must show up, go, receive, and be present as His vessel.

"faith without works is dead…" — James 2:26

And the "lift" or "works", as they are referred to in James 2, is not doing activities, but LIVING TOGETHER in pursuit of the most perfect communion.

All that is required for this communion cannot be achieved legalistically through activities, it's too much weight.

But, the fulcrum is love. Love through submission to the Holy Spirit allows us to achieve this impossible lift, like enormous doors swinging easily on hinges.

"'Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?'

Jesus said to him, 'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.'"
— Matthew 22:36-40

So, I must go from inspiration to perspiration. I must present myself so that the hard and uncomfortable work of realizing God's love WITH others can be done through me (Philippians 2:13).

It's time to "lift something."