Human beings are social beings because that's how God made us. As the saying goes, "No man is an island." As a result of this, we see constant communication with other people. And the more we communicate with certain people, the more we get to know them better than when we met them first. This is not different with God. The more we spend time with Him, the more we get to know Him. But the question is, how well do you know Him?
Faith comes about by trusting in what a person says. So, when you trust God, it means you trust in what He says. Faith, in other words, is the result, the effect of the cause of time spent in knowing a person, and in this case, God/Jesus.
Humans, who do not have a generic behaviour in character, in particular, trust. For some, trust could be built, and for some, distrust could be built. But for God, if He says it is done, then you believe it is done because God is constant in His faithfulness and love, which builds trust.
If a person lacks faith, they need what I call 'sitting at His feet therapy.' In other words, when you see people who cry or are downcast about their health, finances, marriage, and other things that God told us He has sorted out through the finished works of Christ Jesus on the cross, and its establishment in His resurrection, the person needs to spend time with the Lord Jesus by sitting at the feet.
True, we all have our challenges here and there. But which one hasn't Jesus solved in His resurrection? Exactly. So, what we lack, is spending time with the Lord by sitting at His feet.
If you don't have faith, then you don't know Him. Hebrews 11:6 says, "But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." Before a person comes to God, He must first know Him.
What do I mean by this? Romans 4:17 says that God calls things that don't exist as though they do. This is a limited human understanding of how God operates, because if we remember, God's words don't return to Him unfulfilled (ref.: Isaiah 55:11). If He said, then it exists, but maybe not at that present time of man, but definitely a time in the future, because God exists outside time and space, and sees the past, present and the future all at once.
So, what did Romans 4:3 say about Abraham? "For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”" Abraham believed in God even without seeing what God said then. This was a sign of trust he had in God, just the way you know a person to the point that you can vouch for the words the person said because of how well you have come to know the person. Abraham had spent time with God, he knew God's words were always binding. And because of his belief, God counted it as righteousness.
Faith is knowing a person to the point of trusting the person's words. And the person in this case is God. If we have issues in our lives, and we know that Jesus has sorted them out through His finished work on the cross, and the power of His resurrection, what you need is to sit at the Lord's feet through meditation on His word, to bring about revelation that the Holy Spirit would use to guide you into living the finished works of Christ Jesus.
Log on tomorrow as I continue on this topic. God bless you.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are obtained from the New King James Version (NKJV)
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