by Pastor Mark Cowart
FAITH IS PRICELESS.
FAITH IS POWERFUL.
FAITH IS THE KEY TO YOUR GREATEST POTENTIAL.
Everything that God has made available to us is accessed by faith.
Whatever this thing is we call “faith,” we need to have it to walk in the plans our loving Father has laid out for our lives. How do we come to have faith? It starts with believing, and then continually fighting unbelief. That is the good fight of faith. This is a constant battle in this world with a downstream negative current.
Remember, Jesus told His disciples that the work of God is to believe, to abide in a state of trusting in the Father and the Son whom He has sent.
As you contend for it, your faith will be developed. In the natural, we have faith that we will get a paycheck at the end of the work week, that the oncoming driver will stay in their lane, and that a chair will hold a person up. We go about our lives believing these things and acting accordingly. We came to trust these things through a learning process as we grew up.
Similarly, our walk of faith is learned through a process of overcoming doubt and experiencing God’s faithfulness.
For example, when we here at Church For All Nations were transitioning from our previous location, we went through some major lessons. In order to build on our present site, the previous real estate had to be sold, and it was not getting any offers. God showed me we needed to sow seed outside our local fellowship. When we took that step of faith, the breakthrough came.
It is said, “Need is the mother of invention,” and problems contain unlimited potential and unprecedented opportunity. Whatever the enemy throws at us to steal, kill, or destroy can become a stepping stone to greater faith. Challenges can open up new vistas of discovery.
When you get a gym membership, you sign up for resistance, for some heavy work. In the same way, the more you walk in faith, the more the enemy will oppose you, and the stronger your faith can become!
You can’t lose for winning when you walk in faith.
DIG DEEPER
- Hebrews 11:1
- Hebrews 11:6
- I Timothy 1:18-19
- I Timothy 6:12
- Luke 4:18-19
- Joshua 1:6
- Psalm 119:28
- Ephesians 6:16
- Ephesians 2:8
- Mark 5:34
- Mark 9:23-2
- John 6:28-2
- Romans 14:23
- I John 5:4-5
- James 1:2-4
- Romans 12:3
- Romans 10:17
PRAY
- Praise and thank God for the measure of faith He has given you.
- Ask for His leading to overcome all that operates against your faith.
- Ask for discernment to appreciate challenges that bring opportunity to build your faith.
- Thank God for His direction through difficulty, and expect to receive it.
REFLECT
- Do you believe that God has given you a measure of faith to start with, that can be developed and strengthened?
- How can you cooperate with that process?
