The host of a television chat show once interviewed a group of body builders and asked them a very simple question: ‘What do you use these muscles for?’ One guy answered by flexing his muscles in one of those body builder stances. But the interviewer said: ‘No, you don’t understand. What do you USE all those muscles for?’ The muscle-man said, ‘I’ll show you.’ And he flexed again in another stance. The interviewer said again: ‘But what do you use them for?’ But the guy just posed again.
Some people’s faith is a bit like that. It looks good but it doesn’t do anything. We should always remember that when Jesus was asked about the greatest commandment he said it was to love God and to love people like you love yourself. Muscles are not just meant for show, and neither is faith.