“WHICH FAITH IS THINE?”

Passive faith says, “I believe it! Every Word of God is true”.
Well I know He hath not spoken what he cannot, will not, do
He hath bidden me, ‘Go forward! But a closed-up way I see,
When the waters are divided, soon in Canaan’s land I’ll be.
Lo! I hear His voice commanding, ‘Rise and walk; take up thy bed’;
And, ‘Stretch forth thy withered member!’ which for so long
has been dead
When I am a little stronger, then, I know I’ll surely stand:
When there comes a thrill of healing, I will use with ease
my other hand.
Yes, I know that ‘God is able’ and full willing all to do:
I believe that every promise, sometime, will to me come true”.

Active faith says, “I believe it! And the promise now I take,
Knowing well, as I receive it, God, each promise, real will make.
So I step into the waters, finding there an open way,
Onward press, the land possessing: nothing can my progress stay.
Yea, I rise at His commanding, walk straightway, and joyfully:
This, my hand, so sadly shrivelled, as I reach, restored shall be.
What beyond His faithful promise, would I wish or do I need?
Looking not for ‘signs or wonders’, I’ll no contradiction heed.
Well I know that ‘God is able’, and full willing all to do
I believe that every promise, at this moment can come true”.