“He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God”
Romans 4:20 (KJV).
Faith is being certain about “what we hope for” (the future) and “things we cannot see” (the invisible, spirit realm). “Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see” (Hebrews 11:1, NLT). By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. (Hebrews 11:3).
There are two kinds of faith: natural faith and spiritual faith. Natural faith comes by natural birth and relies on our physical senses. We all have natural faith. For example: every time we sit on a chair, we trust that we will not fall. As long as our senses assure us that everything seems fine, we follow through. We need our senses and natural faith to live our physical lives. Spiritual faith comes from God (Ephesians 2:8) and relies on Him. And only the new creation has spiritual faith, which is the God kind of faith (Mark 11:22-24.) Every Christian is given the measure of faith by God (Romans 12:3). It is a faith that is sufficient to believe in God unto salvation.
There are also different types of faith: common faith (Titus 1:4); weak faith (Romans 4:19); little faith (Matthew 6:30(b)); active faith – the “Doer of the Word” (James 2:14-26, Hebrews 10:19-38); dead faith (James 2:14-26); great faith (Matthew 8:8-10, Matthew 15:21-28); and sincere faith (1 Timothy 1:5). Growing your faith is pleasing to God. The Bible records that Abraham grew strong in faith; he refused to surrender or be defeated and he received his promised son, Isaac. What is your Isaac? Stand strong in faith. Strong faith is an unrelenting, persuaded type of faith that does not give up until the request is granted.
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for increasing my faith as I give attention to your Word and also enabling me to build my faith as I pray more in the Holy Spirit. I exercise my faith and I manifest your Word in the Name of the Lord Jesus.
WISDOM NUGGET
“We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly” 2 Thessalonians 1:3 (NIV).