Faith

Romans 10:17 (KJV) So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Faith is one of the most important topics in the body of Christ, and is essential in our Christian walk. Once born again, God gives everyone a measure of faith, and we must continually walk in our faith because we know that without faith it is impossible to please God. But why were we given that faith in the first place? Faith was first given to us to believe in Jesus, what He did for us on Calvary, and the Word of God, it is by that faith that we were saved (Romans 10:9-10). A lot of people within the body have gotten away from the main purpose of faith and have used it for reasons other than it was intended.

Faith is not what you say to God, or telling God what you want and asking Him to bless it, but rather believing what God says to you because you asked His opinion, and blessing Him for it. Remember sometimes what you say to God or are asking God for, might not be in agreement with what He has specifically for you, or in the way He wants to do something for you. I know many will probably disagree with that statement because for years we have used our faith to claim cars, houses, businesses, and more things material rather than spiritual.

Now, we are not saying that God doesn’t want us to have material things because we know He desires us for us to live prosperously, but it’s all about priorities, order, and what our heart is truly seeking after first (Matthew 6:33).

Jesus came so that we might have life and life more abundantly (John 10:10). God didn’t give us abundant life first and then brought us Jesus, He first brought us Jesus so that we might have abundant life through him. At all times our faith is to be directed toward Christ, not toward other things because those things will come. In the Old Testament in the Bible, many had faith but if you get the revelation behind the Old Testament everything points to Calvary thousands of years later.

Now many of you might ask, well if that’s the case than why does it talk about in the word asking of God and that He will give us what we have desired of Him...

1 John 5:14-15 (KJV)
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

There is a key phrase in that scripture “according to his will”, sometimes we like to throw that out, or just say, “if I want it then it must be God’s will also.” But this is what the Word says about that…

James 4:3 (KJV)
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your own lusts.

What kind of children would we be if God gave us absolutely everything we asked for, without first a maturity and increased responsibility level on our parts? We would be no better than some of the spoiled little children we see out at the malls with their parents. It’s time for a focus change, body of Christ, it’s time to take our eyes off of ourselves. Nothing that you do in Jesus’ name is about you. Everything is about Him, when you pray and see things happen because of it, it has nothing to do with you but rather Him who dwells in you. Every time you minister to someone and they give their life to Christ, it’s not about you, it’s about Christ.

People of God, it’s time to put our focus back on Christ. It’s time to really begin to see the Kingdom of God, and that which Jesus was preaching and intended for us.

Ephesians 1:18-19 (KJV)
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power.

You’ll find that if Jesus is your main focus God will give you the desires of your heart, and you won’t even have to ask.

We pray that this has been a blessing on your life.

Daryle & Tracy Houston
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org