CatalystSample

You may have heard the word "catalyst" in science class, but don't worry—we aren’t going to be taking any tests on chemical reactions. A catalyst is just something that creates change or speeds up a change that's already happening. And when it comes to growing in our faith, we sometimes wonder how we can get that process to go faster. We wish we could find a catalyst capable of speeding things up. Well, in the Bible, the book of Hebrews has something to say about this. It gives us this really long list of people who "lived by faith"—heroes of the faith like Abraham, Sarah, Noah, Joseph, and more. All of these people confidently put their faith in God, even when they weren't sure of the future. But they didn't just have faith in God. They demonstrated their faith by actively following God with their lives. And that's the point. Faith isn't just what we believe. It's also what we do. Faith is a catalyst for action.