What FAITH is!

Sometime we may wonder and ask why we do not get answer to prayers despite all the persistence that one puts in…well the answer is simply in understanding what faith is as in contrast to believe. God said to me …’’ Many Christians are strong in BELIEVES but not strong in FAITH…’’

Now, faith is acting on what you believe and carrying it out. That is why many Christians are not getting results to day, because it is not enough to believe but it is necessary to have faith. According to the scriptures …’’but without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.’’  (Heb 11:6)

For instance a pastor that sees a sick man and says what drug have you used for this your back pain? In believing, the pastor believes that Gods word says, you shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover…but in this context he failed to exercise or work on his believe-FAITH - to produce healing results that is laying hands practically on the sick person and healing him. No one can say he has faith except he first believes, however believe must be seasoned with action or it must go through the room of works before it can qualify to be called faith and deliver results. In actual sense, faith places a demand on your believe.

Faith is also seen in Abraham, who knew his wife had passed the age of child bearing, yet he still believed and continues to bear the name father of nations by hanging on Gods word. May I quickly say that it will be a mere journey of false hood to work on ‘’a believe’’ when God as not spoken or when nor hanging on Gods word. The work of faith must be stirred up through the word of faith which is able to produce. The true power of Faith lies in the power of Gods word whether the written word (logos) or the ‘’now’’ word (Rhema).

Until believe changes form, through our action (work); faith is not produced.

And this faith is delivered by standing on Gods word. Many believe in his word but don’t stand on his words. Testimonies will continue to elude many until they learn to stand on his word and standing on Gods word places a demand on believe which produces faith. So it is not enough to believe in his word but to stand on it...halleyluyah.

 May I quickly say that faith is the greatest force on earth and in the heaven. This is the only force that can stop God…yes I mean stop God!

Jesus was on his way to heal the daughter of Jairus when the woman with the issue of blood touched him. Jesus was alarmed and stopped in the midst of the crowd… sometime on usual had happened at the instance of a touch of him through faith, virtue had come out of him ‘’…he said who touched me…’’ (Luke 8:40- 47).

Only faith could stop the master Jesus on his way and not even the devil. That is why the bible says ‘’… for whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith…’’.  (1Jn 5:4)

Faith as the capacity to deliver results if we can produce it. In addition, it is important to know that even as powerful as faith is, only a little as that of a grain is required for us to exercise. (Matt17:20)

Faith produces the unexpected and the unplanned, just like Jesus did not plan to heal the woman of the issue of blood.

Faith sees the end of Gods words in pictures (sometimes this manifests as dreams, visions and passions)

Faith is a creative force that is able to produce and reproduce the supernatural a hundred times again.

In conclusion, Christians must understand that God is not looking for just believers but ‘’Men of faith’’…men who knows their God and are strong, men who are not moved by the prevailing events of the season or time, men who makes things happen, who God will do new things through, men who devils tremble at their arrival and presence, men who understand kingdom principles and operations, men of prayers and knowledge in his word.