LIVING BY FAITH
Memorise: Now the just shall
live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Hebrews 10:38
Read: Mark 11:22-23, Bible in
one year: 1st Kings 12:13, Proverbs 17:15-28
Faith is part of the nature of God. God
lives by faith, and every child is expected to live as God lives. Are you a
child of God? You are expected to live by faith. You are expected to live to
please God and Him alone. Hebrews 11:6 says:
“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for
he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them
that diligently seek him.”
Faith can be defined as
trust, strong belief and unquestioning confidence. Faith means belief in God.
It is the belief that God can do what He says He can do. Faith is belief in
God’s word. You need to have faith in God! Generally, there are two kinds of
faith. There are: physical or natural (human) faith, and spiritual or
supernatural faith. All human beings have some measure of faith. You need faith
for salvation, sanctification, justification, wholeness or health of the
spirit, soul and body. You need faith to live the Christian life, to walk the
Christian walk, to remove the obstacles blocking your way to heaven, to live
holy, to live above the world and to enter into the rest of God. However, it
should be noted that faith standing alone is not sufficient. Certain things
need to be added to it (2 Peter 1:5-10). It is risky for a ministry to be built
on faith alone because it could die as a result. This is because, as the faith
on which such a ministry is founded beings to die, the ministry itself will
also begin to die.
Do you want to live by faith?
First, have the faith of the Son of God (Galatians 2:20). Then add virtue of
good behaviour to your faith. Ensure that you live holy and righteously. To
virtue, add knowledge. Don’t allow ignorance to destroy you. To knowledge, add
temperance and to temperance, add patience. To patience, add godliness. To
godliness, add brotherly kindness and to brotherly kindness, add love.
Secondly, let everything added to your faith abound in you. Be diligent in
making them flourish in you. It is dangerous to live by faith alone. If you
fail to add virtue and other qualities to your faith, you might end up becoming
barren, unfruitful, blind and short sighted. For you to live by faith
therefore, you should first and foremost be born-again, and diligently develop
your faith to reach the measure of that of the Son of God. Pray constantly in
the Holy Ghost and live in perpetual obedience to the will of God. Hate sin and
shun bad company, ungodly habits, pride and false doctrine.
Action Point
No life is more fulfilling
than living by faith. Begin to live by the faith of the Son of God today.
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