Following God’s laws, loving God with all our heart, loving our neighbor, etc. The Bible is very clear on what God calls good works. The point is that “faith without works is dead” (James 2:26), just like a tire without air is “dead” also. Now, I hope no one accuses me of saying that we are saved by works because that is not what I am saying and that is definitely not what James was saying (James 2:14-26). So, how do we keep from being deflated? We feed our faith by following God’s Word and living a life of good works. If we allow our faith to deflate, we risk losing the race and disabling the usefulness of God’s body. If we are flat tires, His light stops glowing. If we are flat tires, His Gospel stops spreading. It stops God’s will for us from being able to move forward. My point is that a tire that has no air in it is no good to you in any way.įaith that has no substance is also no good to you in any way. I guess you could technically drive your car, but you will damage your rims in the process. The vehicle is basically “dead in the water” until we fix the tire. Just that one flat tire makes a useful vehicle become non-useful.
Think about the uselessness a perfectly good vehicle is when the owner finds that one of the tires is completely flat.
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