Faith without action is dead. Faith in action of what you say you believe has more depth in it than one might have thought. Yes is it one thing to have faith action and it is part of receiving from God, but it is another thing to believe in your actions—not just follow an instruction.
James 2:17 So also faith, if it does not have works (deeds and actions of obedience to back it up), by itself is destitute of power (inoperative, dead). AMPC
Let me explain. Faith without action is dead, if you just practice faith without godliness without any intention of living and abiding in the Kingdom of God your faith is —destitute of power and really then you are a fake Christian.
What God is saying to us today is that if you just go through the motions of what you think being a Christian is. Like, sit on the church bench because you think you are supposed to, if you are like the Pharisees were, just religious—you will not have God's power in your life.
The power we need to have faith that works, faith that accomplishes is in our decision to conform to Jesus. It won't work to follow someone's seven step formula without a relationship with Jesus. It is not a formula; it is a decision to live in the Kingdom of God and press to fall in love with God. Then, with the Holy Spirit as our teacher, our helper, our stand by, our counselor— He helps us in our walk and teaches us to conform to God's way of living.
We read in James 2:17 that our faith is dead and destitute of power without works of obedience to back up our faith.
I would like to focus on the word destitute, defined — without the basic necessities of life. Destitute means without. Impoverished, needed, without, and ruined.
Faith without commitment is destitute of power, if you are not committed to Jesus, you won't practice His way of doing and you will live in need. Faith without the action of commitment —is empty, dead and meaningless.
That is why many are asking, in fact begging God to do something because they have no action to their faith. Kind of like not committing to the person you say you love —by getting married.
Plain and simple if you don't conform to Jesus and His Kingdom principles —if you won't marry Jesus —then your faith that you say you have is dead and it won't work—because you are not married to Jesus.
Not practicing His way of doing —your faith is lacking in commitment, and you will have absolutely no power in your faith it back up what you say. Living without Him, not committed to Him, is really being a fake follower.
But you can fix that today by committing to Him. Do life God's way by applying His Word to your life—get married and be faithful to Him —then you will have faith that works! Then you will have confidence in the One you know and are committed to. Jesus said if you love Me you will obey Me —and I will show Myself to you (John 14:21).