1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

Having established the first three elements of walking by faith, now let us address action. Having this relationship with God is essential in understanding how faith works. Labor together, in relationship, because people who love one another want to do things together.

Paul’s reference to being God’s building is the identification of God’s living space, His temple.

1 Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Every call to faith originates from within His dwelling place, our hearts. It must originate from there to be of God. Having heard, having judged, having come to a right conclusion it is now time to act on that word of faith. We do not act on it alone, we do so together.

Philippians 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

To will and to do of His good pleasure. It pleases God to include us in these acts of faith. If we recognize that God is at work, then joining Him is an act of love, born of the relationship. In this we must not say “I got this.” We are blessed to be included and we should not take an attitude that we have done anything apart from God.

If we love God then we should care about what He cares about. His will in any particular moment is driven by one and only one thing, love of His creation. Once we accept that love is the pure motivation of God’s will, it is easier to recognize God’s will in what we perceive.

The next step in order of faith is right conclusions.

Deuteronomy 29:4 Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Ephesians 3:17-8 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

This says “may be able” to comprehend. Just how well do we know this indwelling Christ? How much attention do we pay to the Holy Spirit who instructs us in righteousness? Has love taken root and grown in our hearts?

What we hear and what we perceive must match the character of the indwelling Christ. A right conclusion says, “This is my Son in whom I am well pleased.” We must not rely on our education of the bible, remembering all that has been taught. We must establish and rely on the relationship with the God who saved us.

Jesus did not die just to save us. He made a way for us to have a real and vital relationship with the Father.

How can we testify of Jesus if we only know Him by what we are told? How can we speak for Jesus if we cannot hear Him in our hearts? How can we walk by faith if He isn’t leading us?

Study any historical figure and learn everything you can about them so that you can answer any question. Does that mean you knew them? No. That is the difference between education and relationship. We can have a relationship with God.