The Gifts Of The Holy Spirit
The
Gift Of Faith
Ability to Believe God
for The Impossible
This is special faith by The Spirit—wonder-working faith.
Our values are measured
individually by “the measure of faith” each one of us possesses. This is the
degree of faith apportioned by God to each believer which is received at
conversion and develops as we hear and receive and meditate upon God's Word.
The Bible declares concerning “the measure of faith”:
So then faith cometh by hearing,
and hearing by The Word Of God.
Rom 10:17 KJV
Faith to the new convert comes by hearing ‘what is
told’, and ‘what is heard’ comes by the preaching of the Message that comes
from the Mouth of God. So then, faith comes by hearing the Message of the
Cross, and the Message comes through preaching Christ—The Messiah.
Romans 12:3 talks about
“the measure of faith”, but that is not what I am talking about now. The topic
of discussion at this moment under “The Gifts Of The Spirit” is “The Gift Of
Faith”. This is one of the gifts of The Holy Spirit to the Church.
This gift was mentioned in Romans 4; as Abraham who
was the founder of the Jewish nation in the sight of God, trusted God with all
his heart — “The God Who gives life to the dead and calls
things that are not as though they were”.
Abraham believed in (trusted in) God,
and it was credited to
his account as righteousness
(right living and right standing with God).
Romans 4:3 AMP [See also Gen. 15:6]
We are made right with God by placing our faith in
Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are.
Let’s take a closer look at the Biblical account of
Abraham’s faith in God:
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the
father of many nations, just as it had been said to him,
"So shall your offspring be." Without weakening in his
faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead — since he was about
a hundred years old — and that Sarah's womb was also dead. Yet he did not waver
through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith
and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had Power to do what He
had promised.
Rom 4:18-22 NIV
Can you comprehend what that means?
Though human reason for hope being gone, Abraham hoped
in faith that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been
promised by God.
The Lord’s Promise to him states thus:
“…so
numberless shall your descendants be (Gen 15:5).
Abraham did not weaken in faith when he considered
the impotence of his own body, which was as good as dead because he was about a
hundred years old. And, even though he
considered the barrenness of Sarah his wife, he believed that God would restore
her deadened womb [read Genesis 17:17; 18:11].
That’s the gift of faith in operation!
The gift of faith brings into operation God’s
miraculous Power.
It’s a gift for a reason and for a season.
The gift of faith operates when the anointing is
full and strong.
In Luke 8, Jesus rebuked the raging storm and it
subsided.
That’s the gift of faith!
No unbelief or distrust made Abraham waver.
No doubting question!
But he grew strong and was empowered by faith, fully
satisfied and assured that God was able and mighty to keep His Word and to do
what He had promised.
The Gift Of Faith
is indeed the ability to believe God for the impossible.
This gift manifests when the Presence of God is
strong.
It is sometimes released as a result of unity in the
body of Christ.
When the gift of faith comes, that’s when people can
walk in the miraculous.