The Power and Authority of Your Faith

"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen" - Hebrews 11:1 NASB

Faith is not based on experience, nor calculated through reason. True faith is anchored on scriptural facts. It is beyond man's intellect and cannot be penetrated through reasoning or discovered through scientific 'proof'. It has nothing to do with personal opinion or impressions. It is beyond the dimension of human thought because it is the substance of facts that are conceived in the mind of God.

The eye of faith sees beyond our present reality and places its feet firmly on divine revelation given by Almighty God, through the Word-made-flesh. It believes God's Word of truth in the pages of Scripture, which was written for our learning, instruction, encouragement, and hope. The heart of faith enables us to treat as reality those things that are unseen, even when circumstances of life appear to contradict the truth of God's Word.

Yeshua knew that the people only followed Him for the physical benefits they received from Him rather than their spiritual hunger for the truth. And so He said to them: "Because of the littleness of your faith; truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you."

The value and outworking of our Christian faith is found in Christ alone and not in the strength, intensity, or size of our faith.

May the hope we have in Christ and the faith we have in God be built on the truth, of His Word and grounded on a sure conviction. May we never stumble when situations seem to go amiss, and may we be firmly persuaded: "He who started a good work in each of our lives is well able to bring it to completion."

Faith is like a muscle that needs to be exercised every day, and when faith is anchored on Christ, it will grow and be strengthened: "And THIS is the victory that overcomes the world - even our faith."