It consists, basically, in a living union with Jesus through the Holy Spirit. True faith means being before doing - being in the favor of God before doing the will of God. It means being grasped by the Spirit of God. It is an opening of our inward eyes to the reality of God's incomparable love poured out for sinners in the sacrificial life and death of Jesus Christ. Yet, faith is not an almighty action of the Holy Spirit on the soul, it is also in our action in the power of the Spirit as we are sent forth into the world as witnesses and ambassadors of Christ.
Faith entails both radical passivity and radical activity.
The deficiency found in many churches today is an empty formalism or barren biblicism, either of which degenerates into an oppressive legalism. Other churches that seem more vital are plagued by perfectionistic enthusiasm or frenetic activism that borders on humanism. A revival must start in the heart of one individual - me. He is not simply the human representative of God, but God Himself in human flesh. True faith does not consist of imposing our views on others, but in sharing the light given to us.