Believers Faith need to be Proactive vs. Reactive

James 4:7-8 AMP

“So submit to [the authority of] God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him] and he will flee from you. Come close to God [with a contrite heart] and He will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; and purify your [unfaithful] hearts, you double-minded [people].”

Our relationship with God is very similar. If we are diligent in pursuing that relationship and tend to it daily, it will mature and thrive. On the other hand, if we neglect that relationship until we are spiritually at the end of our rope and only pursue God in times of need and crisis, we will not mature and thrive, and that is no relationship at all.

Hebrew 11:1 Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses]. 2For by this [kind of] faith the men of old gained [divine] approval.

3By faith [that is, with an inherent trust and enduring confidence in the power, wisdom and goodness of God] we understand that the worlds (universe, ages) were framed and created [formed, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose] by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.