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1 - READ THE WORD
An activated faith
"So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead."
James 2:17
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2 - Reflect
As children of God we must live by faith and make it evident in our actions. We are saved by faith and without it we can not please the Lord, but it is only complete if we show it through works. The Lord wants to use us in difficult moments of doubt or uncertainty. To provoke those actions that give testimony of our fidelity.
Without expectation there is no faith: Having expectations about a thing, situation, or person is waiting for something, likewise it happens with faith. Faith is therefore the certainty of what is expected ... I am attentive, restless, in movement. Being expectant is not the same as waiting, I hope that what I have asked for will happen. It is to see beyond what reality shows me, to believe God, to put our trust in God. Faith is always accompanied by expectation.
I speak the word. If I am not able to challenge my own limits and verbalize what I am waiting for in God, I am not activating my faith. In the power of the word, faith is activated. God says in Proverbs that in our mouths is the power to speak good (bless) or speak evil (curse). This means that there is power in the spoken word. So with Faith I declare that what I have asked for will happen, that what I am not seeing today will come. It is the action that starts when you speak the word.
I visualize what I expect: What am I seeing, is it the obstacles, the problems that arise, or do I see what I am waiting for? At first sight I do not see Him but I believe God. If my faith is put to the test through the circumstances that I am living, the reality that surrounds me is contrary to what I expect, I must focus on what God has already promised me and although I do not see I still believe.
Without expectation there is no faith: Having expectations about a thing, situation, or person is waiting for something, likewise it happens with faith. Faith is therefore the certainty of what is expected ... I am attentive, restless, in movement. Being expectant is not the same as waiting, I hope that what I have asked for will happen. It is to see beyond what reality shows me, to believe God, to put our trust in God. Faith is always accompanied by expectation.
I speak the word. If I am not able to challenge my own limits and verbalize what I am waiting for in God, I am not activating my faith. In the power of the word, faith is activated. God says in Proverbs that in our mouths is the power to speak good (bless) or speak evil (curse). This means that there is power in the spoken word. So with Faith I declare that what I have asked for will happen, that what I am not seeing today will come. It is the action that starts when you speak the word.
I visualize what I expect: What am I seeing, is it the obstacles, the problems that arise, or do I see what I am waiting for? At first sight I do not see Him but I believe God. If my faith is put to the test through the circumstances that I am living, the reality that surrounds me is contrary to what I expect, I must focus on what God has already promised me and although I do not see I still believe.
