Sunday 19 May 2013

Faith That Makes Things Happen


Romans 4:18-24
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead - since he was about a hundred years old - and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.” The words “it was credited to him” were not written for him alone, but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness - for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.  

On many occasions that I have had to trust God over issues that I was struggling with and over the challenges that I face from time to time, the passage above has really strengthened me and given me the ability to have faith. Hebrews 11:1 tells us that “faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” In as much as this definition of faith is very true and correct, I am positive that a lot of people will agree with me that it is not as easy to be certain of what you do not see and be sure of what you hope for without a basis for your certainty. When we look at this definition in isolation, it appears like an impossibility because in truth "seeing is believing." It is easier to believe what you see and have experienced than to believe what is not seen. 
Quite a number of people still struggle with faith because it has been based on nothing. When we pray about issues, we still try to put in an effort or two in order to make things happen despite the fact that we have prayed. A lot of times we still do things in order to help God answer our prayers because in truth the faith we have has not been based on something.
Reading about the story of Abraham and the covenant of God for his life in the book of Genesis we will not get a very clear picture of how he was able to believe God for the fulfillment of God’s promise for his life. And in truth Abraham also struggled with faith concerning the promise which led him to listen to the advise of his wife and take her maidservant to have a child with in the effort to self orchestrate the promise of God for his life. So when we struggle with faith sometimes God understands, but He still waits for us to have absolute faith that really does make things happen.
God blessed Ishmael no doubt (who happens to be a product of self effort), but Abraham still had to exhibit absolute faith to birth the promise of God for his life in the child Isaac. In the wake of God’s covenant for ours lives absolute faith is the only means by which we can obtain the fulfillment of that covenant.
Absolute faith can only be attained when we are able to base it on something. When we read through the passage above Vs 21 says “being fully persuaded that God had the power to do what He had promised.” The faith that Abraham had that orchestrated the fulfillment of God’s promise in his life was a faith that was based on God’s power. Abraham was able to trust God and have faith because he knew well enough that God had the power to do as much as He had promised. If God cannot do that much, He will not promise that much.
When we go through the miracles of Jesus, there was always one very common occurrence with the healing miracles of Jesus. Each time a man of woman was made well Jesus always had this to say; “Your faith has made you whole.” If those who were seeking the intervention of Jesus in their situation did not believe in the ability of the power that Jesus carried, then the power has no meaning to them, and they cannot benefit from the workings of that power. In the same way, in our present day, your ability to get a miracle from God rest on the basis that you believe that God’s power is able to do for you what you have asked for. Your faith in God is made easy when you have a revelation and an understanding that God has the power to do what you want Him to do. Without this revelation and understanding it will be difficult to have faith because your faith has no basis.  
In Hebrews 11:6 we read that “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” In truth the faith that has a foundation is the one that believes in God and His abilities. To trust God with your issues as you pray is basically because you have a revelation and an understanding of what God is capable of doing for you. If you still lack this revelation and understanding, you lack the faith that makes things happen. 
When we read the story of the woman with the issue of blood, we will learn much about the faith that makes things happen. Vs27- 28 reads “When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” There was a revelation of Jesus that this woman had which made her resolve within her that she just needed a touch of the cloths of Jesus to be healed. She had heard stories and seen other people getting their miracles and so she knew that the power she needed for her healing was in Jesus. This power flowed round about Him even to His cloths and this woman understood as much and this made her resolve in her heart that just a touch was all she required. Her understanding of the power of God that Jesus carried formed the basis of her faith and then she acted on that faith and saw results.
In order to have faith that will move God, it is important that you understand and get revelation of the Mighty God that we have as Father. Your knowledge of God and the power He possess and the strength of His ability forms a base for your faith and makes it easy to have faith. When you understand what God is able to do, then it is a lot easier for you to know that your situation is not an impossibility for God. It might be an impossibility for you, but definitely not for God. And so when you are tired of struggling with those things that you are unable to do or solve by yourself, you take it to the One who has the power to do it for you, but first you need to know and believe that indeed He is able to do it for you, that is the faith He requires of you. 

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