The word faith in our culture has become a word often used, but little understood, so little understood the word has become meaningless.

BLUF

Whenever you see the word faith in an English translation of the Bible, substitute the word trust.

Digging in

Most people seem to equate faith with belief. Belief is intellectual ascent and requires nothing of the believer. “You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!” James 2:19 St James also tells us, “that faith apart from works is useless? (2:20)

Imagine a conversation with someone who is afraid to fly…

me: Statistics show that flying is safer than driving
fear-of-flying: I believe that
me: Then how about hoping on that plane to Boston?
fear-of-flying: Not gonna' happen

Faith is acting on what you believe. Said another way, Faith trusts what it believes and acts.