Walking In Faith

How strong is your faith? I was wondering that today? How strong in our faith, really, OUR FAITH? Our churches say they teach faith, they say their members know what it means to stand in and live by faith, but when the chips begin to fall and they starting seeing trouble on the horizon, how many of us, STOP, right then and there, rebuke what is coming on and give everything over to the Lord? How many times do we depend on Him from the beginning?

I can be honest enough to say, that my first gut reaction when I used to start seeing the first sight of trouble was NOT to call on God. It was to try to stop it in my own power first, to take care of things in my own power first, then when the problems get so bad that I knew it had went out of control, THEN I called on God. That always ended up BAD for me.

You see, the Bible says, "the power of life and death is in the power of the tongue," Prov 18:21; and that, "The tongue no man can tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison, Therewith bless we God,, even the Father, and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My bretheren these things ought not be."  James 3:10.

So every time I would see trouble on the way, I would speak it into existence, and the more I spoke of the issue, the more people I talked to about it and the longer I held on to the problem, I was just making the problem stronger, and giving Satan more power in the situation. If I had just rebuked the problem from the beginning in the name of Jesus Christ, through the Power of HIS blood, and Called on God to handle the problem for me, BEFORE ever speaking about it to anyone else, then God could have stopped it a lot sooner than I could.

In our day, we haven't seen Jesus perform miracles in person, right before our eyes. We weren't there when He was beaten to an inch of His life, then hung on a cross for our sins, we weren't there when He was buried in a tomb and then rose again on the third day, like the Disciples and other followers, that were able to build their faith stronger and stronger by their five senses. WE have ONLY His word, the Bible, and sometimes we don't read it enough to build our faith, others have caused us to doubt what we read because they couldn't believe, but we know, God is working today. There are too many miracles seen in today's time, we have to look for them, harder now, it seems but they still happen. We have to stand on the Word of God, we have to keep reading the scriptures and standing firm on what we read and see in them.

You see, the scriptures are true, as the Bible says, "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed." James 1:5-6 

If you want or need faith, ask God, He is willing to give it to you, but YOU MUST ask God in FAITH, BELIEVING that you will receive it, and not waiver on the request. You can't say, "well, I asked, I believe He's gonna give it to me, well, He might give it to me, okay, I hope He will give it to me, since I asked for it." You ASK, in the name of Jesus Christ, and stand firm, that if He was willing to do for others, that as much as He loves you He will do what you ask from Him. Keep believing, and building your relationship, your walk, and your faith. You see, the scriptures tell us, He will give it to us, and He gives it liberally, but we have to build the strength of our faith as we grow in Him. We continue to build our one on one relationship as we build our walk with Him through prayer and the scriptures, we build our faith as well.

You see it says "Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God." Romans 10:17, to build the faith He gives you, and strengthening your bond with Him, you continue to do your part in building your faith. Read the scriptures, pray to Him, and as you read the scriptures, READ them ALOUD. Hearing the scriptures will increase your faith even more than reading them silently. Stand firm, Ask in faith, believe whatever He says He will do, He WILL DO IT. (Matthew 21:22)

We read in Acts 5:14-15 - As the Apostles were out preaching the Gospel abroad, that the people in the other countries were being added to the church, after Christ's ascension to Heaven and after Pentecost. These people in these other towns, regions, and countries, had not seen Christ perform His miracles, did not see Him raise the dead, touch and heal the blind man, they heard of all these things, and their faith in Christ was so strong that when they heard the Apostles were coming their way, through their towns, that they had BIG FAITH, STRONG enough faith, NOTHING WAVERING, that God would do what He says He will do, that they lined the streets with their sick and hurting, they laid their beds along the streets, and they stood by in FAITH that even though the Apostles couldn't touch and heal every single one of them individually, even if just their shadow would fall on those sick people, they would be healed. It didn't take a touch of a garment, it didn't take them anointing and praying for them individually or collectively. These peoples unwavering faith in God, gave their family members and friends healing, just by the apostles shadow falling on them.

How big is your faith? Do you have that kind of faith? That just a whisper for help, just being in the shadow of God's wings, He can do ANYTHING? Do you believe with all your heart, mind and soul that God can do what He says He will do? He tells us that we can have anything we ask for, when we ask in the name of His son, Jesus Christ.(John 14:13-15)  Do you want to have that kind of faith today?  You can, I know you can!!!

I can readily admit, I have not always and do not always remember to have that kind of faith in the immediate moment that something happens to me, I want to say, "OH YEAH, I do that all the time, I am that good," but I would be lying. I am human, I forget and sometimes falter, sometimes I still try to handle it myself first, but I do pray everyday...

You can walk in that kind of Faith today, all you have to do is call on the Lord, Nothing wavering and Ask Him, you can pray something like this below:

"Dear God, In the name of Your son, Jesus Christ, My Savior, I know I have not always had the kind of faith that would be pleasing to you, nor glorifying to you, but I want that kind of FAITH the apostles had, the kind of faith those people in the Bible had, strong enough to move mountains, heal, bring your will into place, fighting the temptations and trials Satan puts in my way. I pray to you Lord to, please to give me that kind of FAITH. Help me Lord to continue in YOU. In your Word, in your power and might, and in the shadow of your wings. I need you, NOW, I need to feel your presence, but more importantly, I need to know that I can depend on You, to hold on to your hand and you will be there. I want that faith. Please know I am here, claiming your faith, and will continue to build that faith with you, Lord. In Jesus Name I pray, AMEN."

If you have prayed this prayer today, please email us and let us know, so we can send you some information to help you further be able to build that walk in faith with the Lord. WE want to help and stand in the gap to help you walk with the Lord everyday. Contact us and let us know how we can help you with that today.