One of our members in church shared a testimony recently. She needed money to buy something. According to her; “I didn’t know how the money would come, but I believed God.” Not too long, she received a call that money has been sent to her. I further encouraged her; “Keep growing your faith. That’s how to achieve supernatural results.”
Friend, faith is the secret to achieving supernatural results. But faith is a seed. It needs to be planted or fed if it will give you the harvest you desire. Most times, we wonder why some people achieve unusual results in life while some others struggle through life. You need to realize that your results in life would be determined by your faith in God. It was through faith that the elders obtained good reports (Hebrews 11:2).
The just shall either live by his faith or die by fear or lack of faith (Habakkuk 2:4). It also means that the quality and quantity of life that you would live is directly proportional to the potency of your faith. This is why the devil specializes in attacking people’s faith; he knows that with your faith intact, you have the victory (Luke 22:31-32, 1 John 5:4).
Whereas faith is received by hearing, it is released by speaking and increased by usage (Luke 17:5-6, Romans 10:17). Jesus simply told his disciples to use their faith, and it would grow (Luke 17:6). You don’t get your faith to increase by mere wishing or praying for it to increase, but by using it. Faith is a seed; seeds don’t grow by prayers but by planting.
Every born again person has faith, but not every born again person is using his faith rightly (Ephesians 2:8). God supplies faith, but you have the responsibility to increase your faith so you can increase your results. You need to feed your faith. A growing faith is a mark of spiritual growth (2 Thessalonians 1:3).
You need to get into activities, atmospheres, and relationships that feed your faith and starve your fears. Use your faith to achieve results at your level while believing God for greater things. You don’t grow your faith by keeping it. You grow it by using it. Use your faith to believe God for transport fare, and you would have faith to own a car. Use your faith to get healed of slight headache and cancer would not be a problem (1 Peter 2:2). You need to feed your faith.
‘Demola Awoyele
Lead Pastor,
Destiny Impact Church
Akure, Nigeria