What is Faith?

What is faith?

Jesus talked about faith saying it was like mustard seed (Matthew 17:20).  Jesus said that if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, it would move mountains.  Faith seems so simple and it is easy to underestimate, but it can do a whole lot more than you think it can!

Faith is not just: believing!   Faith is: believing to a point that you act according to your beliefs!  Faith is trusting God.  FAITH = Belief + Supporting Actions

Some say that they believe that believers have authority to heal the sick, but they never pray for the sick.  They don’t have supporting actions; therefore, they don’t have real faith that believers have authority to heal the sick.

Some say that they believe that they believe God is their Provider, but all they do all day is complain how broke they are.  They don’t have supporting actions.

Some say that they believe that they are the righteousness of God in Christ, but they are always doing unrighteous things.  They don’t have supporting actions; therefore, they don’t have true faith.

At Walmart, they sell pregnancy tests.  It is 99% accurate, and all that the woman has to do is, pee on the stick, wait three minutes, and you will then get the results.  How does it work?  The stick will examine the urine, which reveals the woman’s hormone levels.

Faith and Pregnancy have many similarities

One, it starts with a seed. (Luke 8:11) Two, conception happens before delivery.

I remember reading a book by Dr. David Yonggi Cho, and he had been praying for a certain chair, desk made from a certain type of food, and a bicycle made in the USA.  He knew that He knew that he had received it.  He was absolutely sure of it, “Now, Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not yet seen.”  He had the assurance all right.  He was so sure that He told his congregation, the Lord blessed me with three new furniture pieces. He said, they are in here, and pointed to his stomach.  The conception happened before the delivery.

By the way, it’s important to note that he wasn’t using His faith for His greed.  He was in love with Jesus, and wanted these things to be added to him, because he was seeking first the kingdom.

How can we test if we are pregnant with faith?  It’s not by peeing on a stick and examining our hormones.  It’s by praying and examining our actions by the help of the Holy Spirit.

We ought to check to actions of our lives, and it will tell us something about our faith.  If the actions of your life sucks, it’s because your faith sucks.  Jesus told Peter, “I prayed for you that your faith would not fail.” (Luke 22:32) Why didn’t Jesus pray for Peter that He wouldn’t be a failure, but instead prayed that His faith wouldn’t fail?  Because Jesus gets to the root of the problem.  In Jesus’ eyes, people are failures because they faith fails.

If you are failing in an area of your life, it could be because your faith is failing in that area.  Some people are successful in one area of their life in God, but not in another.  I could think of a good number of men of God- who have incredible success in healings, signs, and wonders; but they are failing tremendously in the holiness.  Their faith might be strong when it comes to the promises of God regarding their authority over sickness, but there is failing when it comes to the promises of God regarding their authority over sin.  Or, it could be the other way around.

But, if you are failing in something, it could be because you faith is failing in that area.  That’s why we need to study the Word and claim all the promises, not just one or two.

I’m convinced that a bitterness problem is really a faith problem.  Lust problems are really faith problems.  Stress problems are really faith problems.  Issues with pride, ego, and greed are really just issues with your faith. The problems in churches are quite often the result of the weak faith of the church members.  Almost always, those who have drug problems, really have a faith problem. Sometimes, health problems are really rooted in faith problems.  Sometimes, financial problems are really rooted in faith problems.  The list goes on and on!

So you could either spend all your energy trying to fix your bitterness, stress, pride, lust, greed, addictions, and get your body healed and finances prospering, or you would seek to grow in faith in God and His Word!  People have problems because they have a faith problem.  Once you get in the Word with the Holy Spirit being your private tutor, and you start believing and confessing God’s Word over anything and everything else, and you start renouncing the mindsets and the words that are contrary to the Word of God, your faith in God will get fixed.  Once your faith in God gets fixed, your life will get fixed.

Jesus came and made abundant life available by His grace (John 10:10).  That abundant life in Christ is going forth like a Cable TV signal from the cross of Calvary!  However, only those who have satellite receivers can pick it up.  That satellite receiver is your faith!  How much does this service cost?  Its paid for by the blood of Jesus!

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