Many Christians are not able to receive the benefits of their faith because they are ignorant of how to release their FAITH.
Why is faith of primary importance? It is because without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11:6).
Faith must be released for it to be effective. Unless you act on your faith it’s not going to be any good to you.
“What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also, faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead” (Jam. 2:14-17, ESV).
Sure, you have faith concerning prosperity, but if you don’t obey Malachi 3:8-10, Luke 6:38, 2 Corinthians 9:6-10, of what use is that faith to you?
What does it mean to release your faith? You can believe God’s will, you can be sure that God is able, but unless you release your faith your life will remain the same. This applies to faith to any of God’s promises.
To release your faith is to put it into action. To release the energy (ATP) in the tuber of yam or the grains of rice, you need to masticate it, turn it into a paste by mixing it with your saliva so that the enzyme called ptyalin can act on it. The smaller (finer) the ground piece of yam or grain of rice, the greater the surface area of the food that the ptyalin can act on. The enzyme acts on it to reduce it to glucose. This glucose is carried in the blood stream to the cells where they will now be broken down in the presence of oxygen to release the required energy (ATP). Though the food material contains this energy, the energy will never be useful to you until it is released from the food material. Though you have faith, the faith may not be useful to you until you release it into action.
How then can one release his/her faith? You can release your faith through:
- Ensure your desire lines up with the Word of God,
- Asking in prayer,
- Confession, and
- Sowing a quality seed.
1. Ensure your desire lines up with the will of God.
1 John 5:14-15 says, “And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ASK any thing according to His will, He heareth us: 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.”
2. Asking in prayer. Every success in this life is due to prayer. When you pray, you licence God to get involved in your affairs on this earth.
In John 14:13-14 Jesus said, “And whatsoever ye shall ASK in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If ye shall ASK anything in My name, I will do it.”
The emphasis in this Scripture is “ask.” If you don’t ask you won’t receive.
In Matthew 7:7-8 Jesus said, “ASK, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For everyone that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”
In Matthew 21:22 Jesus said, “And all things, whatsoever ye shall ASK in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”
Yes, “all things,” but the “all things” must be in line with His will.
Examples abound in the Scriptures of people who, when they were in trouble, released their faith through prayer:
- In Acts 14, the apostles released their faith through fervent prayer (Acts 4:21-31).
- In Acts 16, when Paul and Silas were in trouble, they released their faith through prayer (Acts 16:25-26).
- Prophet Elijah released his faith through earnest/fervent prayer (Jam. 5:17-18).
3. The words of your mouth – your confession. One of the ways to release your faith is through your words (Rom. 10:8-10, ESV).
Your tongue directs your life the same way a rudder directs a ship. The words you speak will direct the course of your life. Therefore, faith is released when you speak and act in line with what you believe.
Your confession should line up with your prayer. In other words, get your mouth to agree with God’s will.
That which you say with your mouth is your “CONFESSION.” So, the right confession is saying with your mouth the same things that God said in His Word about your situation.
And whatsoever you confess with your mouth is what you will possess (get). It is with your mouth that you call those things that be not as though they were (Rom. 4:17). It is with your mouth that you say the things that God has said about you in the Bible.
Romans 10:9-10 says, “...10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
If you really believe something with your heart, you’ll speak it forth through your mouth, for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
2 Corinthians 4:13 says, “...I believed, and therefore have I spoken; WE ALSO BELIEVE, AND THEREFORE SPEAK.”
Proverbs 18:20-21 says, “A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”
Examples of people that released their faith through their words abound in the Scriptures:
a) God the Father Himself released His faith for light through words (Gen. 1:1-3).
b) David released his faith to conquer Goliath through words (1 Sam. 17:43-47).
Beloved, through prayers and right confessions, you can release your faith for whatever you want God to do for you!
If you would release your faith today by saying what God has promised us in His Word concerning your situation, you will surely experience the manifestation of the miracle you desire.
Your friend, I. I. Madubunyi (Head Pastor)
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