In Hebrew the word faith means trust. I often say, “I just trust You, God.” It means I have faith in Him and it also means I must take ACTION to show that trust. It requires us to step forward, step out, in some way to demonstrate to the King that we mean what we say.
What does faith do for us? What happens when we decide to trust God no matter our circumstances? I am using The Passion Translation to show all the action faith does in us.
1. “Faith BRINGS our hopes into reality and BECOMES the foundation needed to acquire the things we long for.
2. Faith EMPOWERS us to see the universe was created and beautifully coordinated by the power of God’s words!
3. Faith MOVED Abel to choose a more acceptable sacrifice…
4. Faith TRANSLATED Enoch and he was taken up into heaven! (Without faith living within us it would be impossible to please God. )
5. Faith OPENED Noah’s heart to receive revelation and warnings…
6. Faith MOTIVATED Abraham to obey God’s call. He LIVED by faith…
7. Sarah’s faith EMBRACED God’s miracle power to conceive…
8. Abraham and many others died still clinging to their faith not even receiving all that had been promised them. But they SAW BEYOND the horizon the fulfillment of their promises and gladly embraced it from afar. They all lived their lives on earth as those who belonged TO ANOTHER REALM.
9. The POWER of FAITH PROMPTED Isaac to impart a blessing to his sons…
10. Jacob WORSHIPED in faith’s reality…
11. Faith INSPIRED Joseph and opened his eyes to see into the future…
12. Faith ENABLED Moses to choose God’s will…he found his true wealth in suffering abuse for being anointed…he persisted in faith…
13. Faith STIRRED Moses to perform the rite of Passover…
14. Faith OPENED THE WAY for the Hebrews to cross the Red Sea…
15. Faith PULLED DOWN Jericho’s walls…
16. Faith PROVIDED A WAY OF ESCAPE for Rahab….
17. Faith enabled others to conquer kingdoms, establish true justice, pull promises into reality, shut the mouth of lions, put out the power of raging fire, escape death by the sword and imparted power to make them strong. Faith SPARKED COURAGE within them…and faith enabled others to ENDURE GREAT ATROCITIES…”
Isn’t the Word of God powerful! Look at all the BENEFITS of faith, of our deciding to trust God when things look awful! Want to see beyond, bring your hopes into reality, have your heart opened to receive God’s revelation, pull down strongholds in your mind? Choose any action word above and decide to grow in trust. The Apostle Paul often wrote from jail yet he was full of trust and did not complain about his circumstances. I have heard that the jail where he was held was so low a man could not stand up straight inside it. He was confined “but the Word of God is NOT confined!” he exclaimed in praise and truth.
Amen. Shalom Shalom – receive this as impartation every time you read it.