Most people believe that faith is something powerful to have and that by having faith they can accomplish great things. However they think that in order to accomplish great things they need to have more faith then they currently have. Jesus' disciples thought so too, hence their request to him to increase their faith. Jesus' though didn't agree and responded as follows...
Matthew 17:20, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
So what Jesus is telling his disciples and us is that it is not the amount of faith that you have, it is a question of what you do with what you have. I think this is true about many things, not just faith.
But how do we use the faith we have, even if it is little, to accomplish great things?
First, let us look at what faith is.
What is faith? I went and consulted a dictionary on the Internet and found the following definitions on http://dictionary.reference.com
1. confidence or trust in a person or thing: faith in another's ability.
2. belief that is not based on proof: He had faith that the hypothesis would be substantiated by fact.
I also looked in the Bible and found this definition in Hebrews 11 Verse 1
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
What we can deduct from the above definitions is that faith is a steadfast confidence, trust or belief that something is a certain way, even if you have no way of actually proving that it is so.
Furthermore faith is not just saying that you believe this and that, but your faith is demonstrated by and through taking action, which brings about the powerful results that are associated with it.
Abraham in the Bible is called the father of faith because he is the first person we have a record of as having trusted God. Abraham trusted God to give him a child even though he was ninety-nine (99) years old. Gen. 22:2
After that Abraham trusted that God knew what he was doing when God commanded him to sacrifice his son. He didn't understand why he had to do this but he trusted and obeyed. In the end God provided a sacrificial ram at the last second and the son Isaac was saved.
There are numerous other examples of people who demonstrated faith such as the woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years.
Mark 5:25-34 “Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment; for she said, "If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.'' Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction. And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched My clothes?'' But His disciples said to Him, "You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, `Who touched Me?' '' And He looked around to see her who had done this thing. But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. And He said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.”
What prevents all of us from having this kind of faith and making our lives better? There are two things: Doubt and fear.
Doubt and fear destroys faith, and the Bible says that in order to make faith work there must be a total absence of fear and doubt. James 1:6 "But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind."
How does doubt and fear destroy faith?
When you have faith you absolutely believe in something, so much so that you put whatever you have on the line to prove that it will be so.
Doubt and fear is the total opposite, because it questions if it will be indeed so.
Doubt and fear are usually a result of either not believing that God or the Universe are able to do something or not believing that God will do something for you, which has to do with feeling unworthy.
Do you need to be a Christian or believe in God to make faith work for you? Absolutely not! There are many people who don't believe in a God like the Christians do. Instead they believe in a Universal power or Infinite Intelligence. Others believe in the power of their subconscious mind. And all of them use their faith believing that things will work out for them, and it does.
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All of us can have the type of faith that moves mountains, not next year or next month but today. To learn about an outrageously successful system that will not only develop your faith, but give you proven step by step techniques so that you can have everything you ever wanted, visit this website now!