Faithful Obedience or Obedient Faith?

Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.

The Lord is calling each of us " Come." Our spirits plead with our flesh to let go and to "Come" into what the Lord is calling us to. Sometimes we move out it great faith, like Abraham, being full of the knowledge of what God is comanding.. We are strong, rooted, and we know what He is asking of us. Although we are being asked to do hard things, like sacrifice our only son, we trust and know that God has our best intrest in mind. Our obedience flows from our faith in God.

^{James 2:21-24}

²¹ Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? ²² You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”^[e] and he was called God’s friend. ²⁴ You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.

Personally, I feel more like Rahab.  No, my house isn't "open for buisness."  Instead of having great faith like Abraham, Rahab knew very little of God, and nothing of His plan.  But her willingness to obey grew her faith and allowed God's plan to move foward, despite her knowlege or position of faith.  The result was far more than she could have ever imagined.

^{James 2:25-26}

²⁵ In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? ²⁶ As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead

Sometimes Obedience is grown from faith and sometimes faith is grown from obedience.  But the Lord is calling each of us to "Come."