Little Faith |
Matt. 6:24 ;8:26 - A question of timidity, of little faith, people who are fearful, anxious especially dealing with food, clothing, and shelter as well as physical danger. Little faith is not unbelief, it is faith that is not sufficient for the moment.
Hope:
Faith is innate, placed in us when we were born-again. Faith
is an innate ability to respond to a stimuli, a word or a promise. When I
respond then my faith carries me to a point to where I am and to a future
I haven't reached as yet.
Faith is my ability to respond to a word, a response to a word which states what will happen.
Faith is God revealing Himself to me via the Gospel. God reveals His character via the Gospel which is not news about God, it is God, a living God presented to us by the Holy Spirit Who opens our inside eyes. We respond to God and Who He is and what He has done in His Son. We rest in His name , and forget our name and what we have done.
Faith is moving on facts, the obedience of faith, responding and moving on His name and Who He is.
l Pet. 5:6-7 -Faith is as great as the object I am looking at. Faith is not something stored inside of me, but it is faith looking outside and seeing the revelation of Who God is.
Faith is seeing God pressing His love upon me. Faith is the eye of my spirit, it is not concerned with the supply, but with the supplier.
Big faith is seeing God in all His glory, little faith is just concerned with the immediate. To be fretting and anxious is to act like a heathen. Little faith does not the see the meaning of the Incarnation, God among us, living as a human being, that all our needs are taking care of by faith, and our concern should be with the development of our spirit being, being prosperous in our mind, emotions, in peace and in joy, not fretting about needs. We are to have peace and joy in whom we know, not in the things we possess or have in excess. In the midst of a famine, God will care for His own. Woman of Zarefat, cakes and meals, ravens feeding Elijah, a day at a time.
Faith is generous because of the revelation it has seen that GOd is the ultimate giver, who gives and gives. And I am to give as God gives, and not be concern about my needs, but realize that all the supply I need are stored in Heaven for my immediate disposal.