Faith will enhance your ability to minister and serve others!
We illustrate what we value by what we are willing to pay a price for.
Our priorities will reflect what we value on a daily basis. As for me, I highly value the early morning time I spend with THE LORD. It establishes the day for me.
Faith grows from surrender or yieldedness, not striving. It is impossible to please GOD without faith (Hebrews 11:6). It pleases Our Heavenly Father for us to yield to HIS Word and respond accordingly. When my son or daughter embraces my counsel and acts on it, I too am greatly pleased. In essence, they have honored me as their earthly father.
You cannot “self-will” your way to great faith.
When tempted by the accuser, Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 4:
4 But Jesus answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds from the Mouth of God.'”
Jesus reminded the accuser of what was spoken by The Holy Spirit in Deuteronomy chapter 8:
1 “Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers.
2 And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every Word that proceeds from the Mouth of the LORD.
4 Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years. 5 You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you.
6 “Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.
If Jesus lived in this manner while on the earth, why is it to difficult for men to walk in the same manner?
Faith comes in two forms: a fruit of THE SPIRIT or a gift of THE SPIRIT:
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Galatians chapter 5:
22 But the fruit produced by the Holy Spirit within you is Divine Love in all its varied expressions:
joy that overflows,
peace that subdues,
patience that endures,
kindness in action,
a life full of virtue,
faith that prevails,
gentleness of heart,
and strength of spirit. Never set the law above these qualities, for they are meant to be limitless.
He also recorded by The Holy Spirit in 1st Corinthians chapter 12:
4 There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:
8 for to one is given the Word of Wisdom through the Spirit,
to another the Word of knowledge through the same Spirit,
9 to another faith by the same Spirit,
to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit,
10 to another the working of miracles,
to another prophecy,
to another discerning of spirits,
to another different kinds of tongues,
to another the interpretation of tongues.
11 But One and the Same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
Fruit is something you can develop and grow inside you by nurturing it, feeding it. When you feed on The Word of GOD, your faith grows.
Faith does not come out of determination but comes from surrender and acceptance of The Word of GOD. Faith is the evidence of a current relationship where you’re hearing from GOD. My hearing is enhanced by the reading of Scripture and as my hearing is enhanced, I become more sensitive to the leading of The Holy Spirit.
This is vital for ministering healing to those who are afflicted. Your faith will heal them, and you won’t have to rely on the state of their faith at all.
I live because HE talks; I am alive because HE speaks. FATHER spoke the worlds into being and they continue to exist because of HIS Words. The Breath of GOD is the origin of Life so let us pursue Life in all its forms. When we do, faith results!