The Gift of Faith and How it Operates
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The Gift
of Faith is a supernatural
manifestation of a tiny portion of God’s own faith through us to accomplish
feats that are beyond our limitations. It is not to be confused with the faith
that saves us and neither is it to be confused with “the measure of faith” that
God has given each one of us.
The Gift
of Faith manifests the love
and power of God towards His people. When this gift is in operation, there is
usually an unflinching assurance that whatever the circumstance is, it will
change and line up with what God says. The boldness that accompanies this gift
could sometimes be mistaken for arrogance, it is that bold.
Many times even the person operating
in this gift might not even be aware that they are, that’s another testament to
how intertwined our spirits are with the Holy Spirit. Have you ever had moments
when you came up with a brilliant idea and marveled that
you didn't even know you knew that idea? Let me assure you it was the
Holy Spirit in you who gave you that idea; same thing with all the gifts and
fruit of the Spirit in our lives, so with the Gift
of Faith it’s no different.
We can see this gift in operation in
the life of Jesus. When you are at sea and there is a storm and the boat you
are in is taking up water fast and everyone
on board is frantically
trying to do everything they can to brave the storm, the logical, reasonable
and realistic thing to do is to help get the water out, to help keep the sails
up, to help throw the extra cargo weight overboard, to check on your fellow
shipmates to make sure everyone is ok – one thing you don’t do in that
situation is – Stand up on the deck and rebuke the winds and declare “peace be
still”, but that is precisely what my Lord did and guess what? The winds died down,
the waves calmed down and the storm ceased. Now that was the Gift of Faith in action.
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