Put Your Faith to Work!
By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. Hebrews 12:24-25.
We must remember that faith is like a muscle, we must make use of it and there must be an occasion for faith and a provocation to use it. My natural inclination is to try to escape the use of my faith. But I must put on the right kind of glasses or vision to see what God wants to do. There are called “eternal eyes” we see things that are not and call them as they should be. (I Corinthians 1:28).
Miracles occur when there is a tremendous voltage between need and supply. It’s like positive and negative particles that cause a thunderstorm. If I am to see God work dramatically, I must bring an acute need face to face with His supercharged supply. The need is always there as long as sin and men exist, but the missing element is the intensified power of supply. That is where God needs a conductor, a person of faith, like Moses, Elijah, or the Lord Jesus. Wherever they went they were the ‘natural lightning rods” that drew the power from God.
I must remember that faith decays from the lack of use. Quite often a person has little faith because they truly don’t believe in a miracle working God. Faith grows by being challenged. If our lives are so-so and average, faith does not come by praying. Faith comes by hearing and acting on the Word of God. I must have the courage to believe in God and confront challenges. This means exposing myself to the pains, hurts and headaches of this world.
A person without faith shows that he does not care for this world or the will of God to intervene with power. We demonstrate our faith by going about doing good and healing all those who are oppressed by the devil. (Acts 10:38). God wants believers not doubters. We should be like Abraham who was strong in faith giving glory to God (Romans 4:20). Calling those things that are not in the physical realm as though they are in the spiritual realm. Eternal eyes, do you have them?
Believing, Confessing and Living the Word of God!