Do You have Faith?
Romans 12:3 (KJV) 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
God didn’t give degrees of faith. He gave each born-again person the same measure of faith, which is a measure of His faith! We all start with the same lump of faith. What you do to develop it will determine how powerful you will be in using it. And that depends on renewing your mind to what God has already provided for us.
Don’t save your faith for a “rainy” day when you have a really big problem. Exercise it on little things to strengthen and develop it into really strong faith, powerful enough to move mountains. Actually, you only need a mustard seed-size of faith to move mountains but it has to be developed by the Word of God and not contaminated by unbelief. It’s not how big it is but how developed it is.
Matthew 17:20 (KJV) 20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Faith is like a muscle. You don’t get more muscles as you grow and mature. You exercise those muscles to develop and strengthen them. It’s the same with faith.
Study faith. Read faith books. Listen to faith teachings. Become a faith giant! The faith in your reborn spirit is a fruit and even though it’s perfect, it needs to grow and develop to produce the manifestation of what we believe. Yes, it takes effort to develop strong faith, a lot of effort! But it’s worth it. Whatever you invest in is what you value and what you don’t invest in, you don’t value.
Continued next time — Pamela