FAITH ALWAYS WORKS

Hebrews 11:3, "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear."

The Spirit of God has been speaking to me about faith for some time now. I want to share a few points that were brought to my remembrance.

1. FAITH CALLS THE THINGS THAT BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE.

Romans 4:17 tells us that God quickens the dead and calls the things that be not as though they were. Sisters, this is tricky and that's why sometimes we do not get it right. The Bible said "...calls the things that be not as though they were..." it didn't say "...calls the things that be as though they were not..." A lot of times this is what most of us do and keep doing and then we wonder why our "faith" is not working. Faith always works and if its not working, you need to review what you are doing. For example, if you want a certain sex of a baby, before you conceive, ask God for that sex and begin to call forth your baby boy or girl. Its not when you are five months pregnant and the doctor does a scan (which you so willingly submitted to) you begin to bind and cast the sex shown to you. If you have pain in your body what you should do is to say "In the name of Jesus, I reject pain! I decree that I am whole and function in health!" Don't be saying "O I'm not having pain, there's no pain in my body. It's not there." You may find out the pain will increase until you end up unconscious or in a really bad state. Then you will be discouraged. Many have died from this sort of issues and Christianity is faulted because everyone around will say "She refused to take drugs ooo. She kept confessing the word but she still died." Brethren knowledge is necessary when working your faith.

2. FAITH IS BASED ON THE WORD OF GOD.

Faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God, Romans 10:17. The Bible is complete and accurate! It contains God's mind and thoughts towards us for every situation and every circumstance in our lives. When you are faced with a situation, the first thing you should do before you look for uncle or aunty to help you is to get to the word of God. Before you share with men, tell God first. By His Holy Spirit, He will give you a word from scripture to work with for that situation. Remember Romans 10:8 & 10 says the word of God is near us in our hearts and in our mouths which is the preached word of faith. Verse 10 says that with the heart man believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Salvation talked about here is not restricted to the new birth but salvation in every trouble or circumstance unfavourable to you. God did not promise us a trouble-free life, but He has made a way of escape in His word. Get the word into your heart and keep it on your lips; mutter it, speak it and shout it. Shout the word out to yourself as many times as fear grips your heart. Shouting the word of God drowns your fear. I am a witness. It works like magic. When you shout the word even your mind is brought under submission to the anointing to conform with the word of God hence fear is dispelled.

 

3. FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD.

James 2:18-19, "Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works." Sisters our faith is seen in our works and words. You cannot say you have faith for something and you are acting the opposite. I like how James put it, he said our faith can be seen from our works. Imagine someone who claims he wants to have a 1st class but never studies and everyday he declares "I am the head and not the tail. First class is mine!" At the same time there is someone who doesn't even know God. He says nothing to no one but studies like his whole life depends on it. Who do you think will get the first class? Now Mr Believer who has been making noise to everyone will appear like a joker to everyone but in actual sense, he didn't have faith. His faith would have propelled him to work hard. If you have faith for something, act accordingly. If you believe God for a spouse, what have you been doing to get yourself lined up in God's word? If you want to lose weight, why you are confessing that your efforts are working, you have to watch what and when you eat. That's faith! You can't be saying, "I declare that my husband finds me this year in Jesus name!" Yet you can't keep your own tiny one room together. You are not even interested in caring for another or even home management. That is not faith. Faith will propel you to do the things you need to do in agreement with your confession.

 

4. FAITH IS YOUR BUSINESS.

Now this is the big one. Whatsoever you are believing God for is your business. You don't have to tell anyone. It's between you and God. I have found out that there are people you must not share your faith walk with. If you want someone to come in agreement with you, you must be very careful to pick someone who is on the same level of faith with you. There are people whose faithlessness albeit clouded in being realistic will make you lose faith. In such cases, I keep my issues to myself. When you talk with some Christians about what you are believing God for, instead of encouraging you and even giving you much more of the word to hold unto for your miracle, they will tell you (based on their own experience) how it may not work or how you need to have a plan B. So I advocate for "Faith is personal". The miracles I have had in my life were usually the ones where I didn't share with anyone personally what I was planning. I only cried at night and muttered the word of God to myself to drown my fears. The only time they knew there was a project was when I was sharing my testimony. Now while I am not saying you cannot share I advise you exercise discretion in choosing who you share with just so they don't water down your faith and increase your fears. 

5. LOOK UNTO JESUS.

The Bible teaches us to take heed how we hear. Now when you are working faith for something, please stay away from people who tried before and failed. No no no! Those are not the ones to listen to at that time. They will tell you not to bother because it won't work. Also stay away from stories about those who tried it and failed. Trust me that's the last thing you need to hear at that time. If you are single and praying for a spouse, you shouldn't be looking at all the brothers and sisters who are over 40, who bring down heavens when they pray but still single. Nooooo! Life is personal and spiritual too. Their lives are not your business. Don't look at them. Face your own challenge and be determined to win! We cause problems for ourselves when we make men the standard. The Bible is replete with stories of men and women, who through faith won in life. Those are the stories you should read. Read them and the Holy Spirit will minister rhema to you for your peculiar case. There are also men and women today who have won via faith, learn the principles of God’s word that they applied and do same. However, keep your gaze on the word of God, not on them. The word of God hasn't ever failed and the Hebrews 12:2 says, "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God." Now who we are supposed to look unto is Jesus not Sis Mary or Bro Joseph. Keep your eyes on Jesus! Was He tempted? Yes He was? Was He troubled, smitten and stricken? O yes He wasn't spared! Did He win through it all? Glory to God He did! That is who you should look unto! God doesn't want us to look on anyone else but Him. The reason you may have been struggling with your faith could be because you have set your gaze on men. It is time to take your eyes off men and keep them on Jesus.

6. FAITH HAS NO PLAN B.

Its either it works or it works. No alternatives.

 

Your life is your responsibility and God will always meet us at the level of our faith. He has made a way of escape but its left to us to follow Him strictly or half-heartedly. Either way you choose, God will still love you and He will remain God but there is a higher life. Choose the higher life!