When I think back on my life, I now realize there was a time when I really didn’t have any concept of what faith is all about. I recall hearing the stories of the Bible, words about Jesus our Savior, being good, and helping others. But I can honestly say I don’t remember any teaching on “faith”. The one thing I do remember and I do know, I have always loved God. I remember wanting to draw close to Him. I remember praying little children’s prayers and hoping I would someday know Jesus. I guess God knew my heart because finally a day came when He brought real Bible teaching into my life. It consumed me. I couldn’t get enough and I finally began to understand what faith is.

Simple everyday faith is believing your lights will turn on when you flip the switch; the alarm clock will go off when you need to get up; the chair will hold you when you sit down on it; the door will unlock when you turn the key. These are all simple little things we have faith for everyday. Then we read Paul’s word to the Romans, “…God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.” Romans 12:3 KJV. Even with this, there is a difference between the measure of faith and the gift of faith.

The next step of faith is what we would call saving faith. It is when someone hears the gospel of Jesus Christ and steps forward in faith to ask Jesus to be the Lord of their life. They walk up to the altar, repent of their sin, ask Jesus to be their Lord, and are born again. Still this is not the Gift of faith. The Gift of Faith is a supernatural faith that achieves, through the human being, what the world says is impossible. It is something the person could never accomplish in the natural. The Gift of Faith works through the person with the power of God just like it did with Jesus. He spoke to the wind and waves and they ceased. A born again believer can do this same thing. Speak God's Word and believe it through the Gift of Faith and watch God perform supernatural miracles.

There was a wonderful man of God who operated a half way house. He and his family lived in this same large home, but the family quarters were completely separate and locked from the housing of the inmates. Somehow, one night a couple of the inmates got into the other part of the house and into the two girls' bedroom. The men were up to no good and the two girls knew it, but these young ones had been well trained in the Word of God. When the men approached them they said, “Freeze in the name of Jesus.” Instantly, the two men were locked into position and couldn’t move; and they didn't move until the police came and took them away. That is the Gift of Faith in operation. You speak the Word and God does the rest!

If you think or say, “this just can’t be done, this just won’t work, this just can’t be healed”, you said it, and it won’t happen in your life. It is impossible to operate in God without faith. We read “Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:17 KJV. You cannot have this kind of faith unless you sit under good teaching every day. You don’t have to go to a meeting somewhere, there are wonderful teaching tapes, CD’s, videos, DVD’s available. Plug them in every opportunity you have. It will build your faith. If the teaching does not take the stand that “all things are possible with God” – get a better teaching tape. The impossible is happening every day through the Gift of Faith.

How does a person become an Olympic Gold medal winner? They practice five, six, seven hours a day. Not once a week, but day after day. This is the kind of consuming love for God we all need if we are to do what we are capable of doing. As a born again believer, you have the power of faith in you. But weak faith prevents you from activating God’s Gift of Faith. You have to push out the world and saturate yourself in good Bible teaching that develops the Gift of Faith. Come on now, you can do it! You have the love of Jesus burning in your spirit. Faith is a gift that enables you to believe God will operate in your life in a supernatural way. Go for it! You’re a power champion with the Gift of Faith.

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