Maxeau Antoine, Haiti
Faith comes from hearing the message,
and the message is heard through the word about Christ.
Romans 10:17
What do we usually do when our faith is weak? Even though we may agree as believers that faith brings life, do we care enough to exercise it?
I have good news for you! You can have more faith than you can imagine. The problem is not your lack of faith—it is the fact that you don’t put into action what God has given to you. Paul says that we need to understand who we are in Christ, “in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you” (Romans 12:3). When we choose expressly to fix our eyes on our loving and almighty God, to trust Him, He puts in our heart a measure of faith.
Faith is a gift of God. The more we practice it, the more it is growing up inside of us. By learning to count on God in the middle of the trials and the difficulties of life, our faith increases.
Sometimes, our moments of greatest tribulation are those in which our faith increases the most. We were facing a great tragedy on January 12, 2010, with the terrible earthquake. Hundreds of thousands of people died or disappeared, but He used it to make us stronger, and our faith grew.
We can also develop our faith by meditating on the Word of God. When the truth found in the Bible keeps our mind busy, our faith will increase rapidly. The Bible confirms this truth in Romans 10:17: “Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.”
When you look at the lives of the heroes of faith in Hebrews 11, you will be motivated. You will find yourself willing and wanting God to do the same in your life, just as He powerfully operated in many of their lives. For example, in normal reality, do you think that it is possible to have a child when the parents are around 100 years old? This happened in Abraham and Sarah’s life (Genesis 18, 21). Compared to their situation, our lives and challenges are nothing that God can’t manage.
The more we feed our spirit by the Word of God, the bigger our faith will be. By reading His Word, we cast out the doubt. Would you like to open your heart to God and by faith receive His power today? Ask God to give you a trusting heart, so that you will be able to grow in your life of faith.