The subject of faith has long been on the mind of saints who are already saved, those looking to become a christian or when it becomes necessary to confess the reason for one's belief in Jesus Christ. That said, faith is not always easily explained without relying on the use of abstract expressions to illustrate its dimensional characteristics.

So What is Faith in God?

Hebrews 11:1 define faith this way:

Now Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

This means that although faith is not something we can visibly behold with our eyes, it does exist and have tangible presence in our life. To express this more clearly, let's reason through the following:

If we consider the wind which we can neither see comes or goes, we know it exist because as it blows we feel its effects or see the things around us react to its presence. Therefore whether the wind blows from east, west, north or south its effects is what teel us about its presnce and not its visibile properties.  In the same way, the manifestation of faith becomes a tangible substance when we acknowledge God as our father and obey his principles. So, to summarise this simply, faith is the currency by which God operates in in our lives and is based on our trust and obedience.

Faith is Nothing New

In the book of Genesis we see that God created light as well as the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:3-4 states:

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

As we see above light manifested when God spoke, yet before he did it was not visible. So, in essence, God made something out of nothing. From this we can see that the thought of God, his spoken words and the presence of his spirit resulted in his desires becoming a manifested reality?  Using this as food for thought, this would be the earliest sign of effective faith at work and first exhibited by God, the creator of all.

Faith Has Substance - Realistic Properties

The dictionary define substance as:

The real physical matter of which a person or thing consists and which has a tangible, solid presence.

When our spoken words and thoughts are aligned with our deepest desires, then this can result in manifested outcomes. If those desires are in accordance with the mind of God, then the manifested outcome has tangible value that can complement or impact our lives. This is why it is important to always think and say good things so that the results of our faith produces good works.

How to Build on Your Faith

Each day before doing anything, take time to read God's words, let the Holy Spirit guide you to reflect on verses that speaks to your circumstances, repeat them aloud - not shouting. Always seek to confess and  ask God to forgive all known and unknow sins, pray for those you know and not aware of then enter into praise mode. I always find that this can trigger the act of worship and invite the Holy Spirit to take over as counsellor for how the rest of the time is spent in devotion with God. Listen to these affirmations to help boost your faith.

 

If you are not already saved and would you like to accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour get this confession prayer and read it aloud, meaning every word you say.


Daily Effective Faith Quotes

Don’t Plan Without God - Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37:5 God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the plans we have made, when we have not taken Him into account. We get ourselves into circumstances that were not chosen by God, and suddenly we realise that we have been making our plans without Him— that we have not even considered Him to be a vital, living factor in the planning of our lives. And yet the only thing that will keep us from even the possibility of worrying is to bring God in as the greatest factor in all of our planning. In spiritual issues it is customary for us to put God first, but we tend to think that it is inappropriate and unnecessary to put Him first in the practical, everyday issues of our lives. If we have the idea that we have to put on our “spiritual face” before we can come near to God, then we will never come near to Him. We must come as we are. Don’t plan with a concern for evil in mind. Does God really mean for us to plan without taking the evil around us into account? “Love…thinks no evil” (1 Corinthians 13:4-5). Love is not ignorant of the existence of evil, but it does not take it into account as a factor in planning. When we were apart from God, we did take evil into account, doing all of our planning with it in mind, and we tried to reason out all of our work from its standpoint. Don’t plan with a rainy day in mind. You cannot hoard things for a rainy day if you are truly trusting Christ. Jesus said, “Let not your heart be troubled…” (John 14:1). God will not keep your heart from being troubled. It is a command— “Let not….” To do it, continually pick yourself up, even if you fall a hundred and one times a day, until you get into the habit of putting God first and planning with Him in mind. Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One Who is leading.
Oswald Chambers
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