I Just Can’t See It……

Faith.

It is the evidence of all that is invisible and can’t been seen.

It’s the “thing” that inhabits our hopes and dreams.

Faith is what continually keeps us motivated when we don’t know what our next step will be.

Faith is trusting in something……or someOne greater than yourself.

Faith is supernatural: It defies all logical thinking.

It defies all reasonable arguments and discussions.

It supersedes all of the natural, physical laws of nature and mankind.

It brings substance and form to that which cannot be rationalized or explained.

Take all of the knowledge taught by institutionalized education, take all of the skill and savvy of every engineer on the planet, bring in all of the latest and greatest technological advances in computer science, astrophysics, mechanical automation, and industrial science to the table, put an unlimited amount of funding for the task………and try to move a mountain. With all of the tools and technology and unlimited funding and the greatest minds available, they would not be able to move that mountain  like one single person with an amount of faith in God that is the size of a mustard seed. The type of faith that moves the mountain is the same type of faith that builds a bridge over the gap of the valley of uncertainty and allows you a safe passage into the place of comfort, hope, and peace.

Faith is personal: You possess it. It is yours. What you do with it is solely up to you.

Only one person can destroy your faith in God – YOU.

What is interesting about faith in God is the fact that 1.) all people possess the capacity for it, 2.) it is the most powerful force in the universe, and 3.)  you and you alone have the power to feed it and let it grow……or starve it and let it die.

There are several different ways that you personally can destroy or diminish your own faith in God. In God’s Word, He states that faith comes from hearing the Word of God (Romans 10:17). Since that is true, the converse is true as well – the absence of a healthy diet of God’s Word will diminish your capacity to have faith in God.

An unhealthy, nominal, or nonexistent prayer life will certainly decrease your ability to have faith in God. Again, the Word of God states that we are to build up our faith through the means of prayer (Jude verse 20). It would be foolish to believe that someone would have faith in a God that they were unfamiliar with or did not have any sort of communication with. The more that you know Him, the more you can trust in Him. But if you just place Him in a “box” on the shelf until it is convenient for you to call on Him, chances are that you won’t have very much faith – and the little faith that you have at that time will be so temperamental that it will quickly subside when the crisis is resolved.Faith is currency: It is the means of exchange with Heaven.

A transaction of money between people will cause things to get done and people to move.

A transaction of faith from you to God will cause things to happen and problems to be solved.

God accepts nothing else. Period. He states in His Word that it is literally impossible to please Him without faith (Hebrews 11:6).

This type of faith-currency is simple in principle, but hard in practice. It is not so much a question of how much faith you have in God, but do you really trust that He has your best interests at heart?

In a figurative sense, faith directs you to “write a check” on God when you don’t have the means to solve the problem. You must 1.) check in with Heaven to see if the way you are about to travel is God’s Will, 2.) declare in faith that no matter how bleak the situation looks you will trust Him, and 3.) watch God provide for your need. In this process you have made a transaction with Heaven. Your faith in God is tendered for God’s provision for you.

Faith is total dependence upon God: When the path is not clear, when the way is not known, when the waters are murky, when life is too tough – faith in God provides comfort and security in Him.

In His Word, He gives this principle: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart’; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6)

It does no good to have faith just for the sake of having faith. Faith in the wrong thing is foolish at best. You wouldn’t place all of your trust in a tree, would you? What about another person? A material possession? No, faith is only True when it is placed in the hands of God. To be totally dependent upon Him is to believe in Him totally to supply all of your need – even when the way is not certain.

So what have we learned thus far? We’ve learned that faith is supernatural, we’ve learned that faith is personal, we’ve learned that faith is currency, and we’ve learned that faith is total dependence on God.

But there’s one more thing. If we are to trust God to do the supernatural, if we are to have a personal faith, if we are to invest in the economy of God and exchange the currency of faith, and if we are to put our total dependence upon God, we must first realize that God’s own Son, Jesus Christ links us to faith through belief in Him (John 3:16).

Faith allows us to live a life above and beyond our circumstances through the Son of the Living God, Jesus Christ. Through faith in Him, we can have a peace that surpasses all common, logical understanding (Philippians 4:7), and a joy that is unspeakable and full of Glory (1st Peter 1:8). Through trust in His finished work at Calvary, we believe in our heart that He cares for us (1st Peter 5:7) and that He will not leave us to be helpless and hopeless (Hebrews 13:5).

“And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those thimgs which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.” ~Mark 11:20-23~