Hebrews 10:22
"Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water."
Every Christian should desire that their faith makes an impact on their world. I certainly don't want to go through the Christian life and at the end have had no impact on those who are around me on a daily basis. Every Christian should desire to have made a great impact on people for Christ if their life were to end at this moment. In the chapter above, I find five things that are necessary to having an impacting faith.
First, you need a confident faith. You will never make an impact on people of you don't have the assurance that you are saved. There are many Christians who are truly saved, but they doubt their salvation either because they are not reading the Word of God or because they have sin in their lives that is stealing their confidence. A person who is confident in their faith will more easily be able to have an impact on others. People can spot a person who wavers in their faith. You need to be confident that you are saved, but you also need to be confident that your faith is the best faith, and it is.
Second, you need a pure faith. Purity is nothing more than holiness. You cannot make an impact on the world when you are living in the world. A pure faith is a faith that is not tainted with the world's philosophy and lifestyle. You cannot live in the world and the world not influence you. You must live a separated and holy life if you are going to have a pure faith. The only ones who hate separation and holiness are those who have already set up camp in the world. Pull your roots out of the world and start living the holy and separated life so your faith can be pure.
Third, you need a professed faith. Your faith must not be top secret. You need to have a faith that is professed everywhere you go. In other words, you will never make an impact on your world if you are not consistently telling others about salvation. Friend, the only way anyone will ever hear of the greatness of your faith is if you tell them. Profess your faith regularly everywhere you go and you will find that you will start making an impact on those around you.
Fourth, you need a provoking faith. Your faith should provoke others to love people and serve God. The only way you will have a provoking faith is if you are loving people and doing good works yourself. When the Holy Spirit empowers the believer to do good works, those works will make an impact on others to want to do the same. The only reason someone does not have a provoking faith is because their works are powerless. What motivates others to want what you have is when the Holy Spirit is working through you to do great works for God.
Fifth, you need an exhorting faith. God shows us that the only way to exhort others is to be faithful to church. Every time you go to church, you are encouraging others in their faith; however, an exhorting faith is one that not only attends church, but is also involved in teaching the Word of God. You can exhort others better if you will get involved in teaching a Sunday school class. Friend, don't just be a spectator in church, but get involved so you can exhort others in the faith.
Without these five things you will never have a faith that impacts your world. If you are lacking in one of these areas, then determine to work on that area so that you can impact others for Christ. This world will never change until every Christian embraces an impacting faith.