Obey the Watch
IllustrationStory★★★★A certain Irish Bishop was taking a walk into the country with a friend. On their return journey, the friend urged the Bishop to hurry as he feared that they might miss the train that was to take them to an important engagement. The bishop looked at his watch which and announced that there was plenty of time. “But is you watch reliable?
Is it on time?” The Bishop said, “I have perfect faith in it.” When they arrived at the station, they found that the train had left a few minuets before.
The friend turned to the bishop and said, “Faith and good works are both necessary in this world of ours. If you had faith, compete faith, in your watch, it seems to me that in this case, tapping the Bishops watch, “good works were absent.” Could that not be so with us? Is there not a danger that we profess full and complete faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, but fail to obey Him?
The point
Faith without corresponding action is incomplete; genuine belief requires obedience to God's will.