Words of wisdom: And the apostles said unto the Lord increase our faith.
Luke 17:5.
Life point: How to increase your faith.
People often pray for great faith, yet they don’t understand that faith grows through challenges like stepping out to do things they don’t fully understand or have experience with.
I don’t believe anyone is automatically a person of great faith. Faith becomes great though experience. It develops as it is used.
In the gospel of Luke 17:5 above, the apostles said to the Lord, increase our faith. Jesus responded in the next verse by encouraging them to have faith like a small mustard seed, then they could say to a mulberry tree, Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea Luke 17:6 and the tree will obey them.
I believe what Jesus meant was that if you have any faith you will plant it by doing something.
One of the ways we release our faith is by doing something God asks us to do.
Faith often requires us to take action. The apostles were doing nothing in this situation and yet they wanted great faith.
I am not saying to take action without God’s leading.
There are times when God does not want us to take action because He wants us to wait for Him to take action for us.
However, we need to understand that trust is active rather than passive.
It includes being active in prayer, praise and confession of God’s Word.
We should actively trust God, pray and confess His Word in our situation while we wait on Him to act on our behalf.
As we practice this our faith increases!
Glory to Lamb of God Amen!
Prayer
Lord Jesus help me to see You in the journey of my life trusting in Your strength to grow my faith.
