UNVEILING THE UNLIMITED POWER OF FAITH!

 Last week we saw what it means to walk by faith. Today, we shall focus on Unveiling the Unlimited Power of Faith!

Today, we are going to focus on “Unveiling the unlimited power of Faith.”

 

From scriptures, we discover that faith is the master key for taking the delivery of our inheritances in Christ. As it is written: Jesus said unto him, “If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth (Mk. 9:23).

 

Here is the truth: GOD (through his Grace) has already provided all the things that pertain to life and godliness to all who believe (Eph. 1:3; 2 Pet. 1:3).

 

Yes! Grace has provided all that pertains to life and godliness - salvation, divine health, healing, protection, prosperity etc., for all who believe in Christ. 

 

But faith is the only way you can access all the things that grace has already provided (Eph. 2:8-9; Heb. 11:6).

 

From the scriptures, we discover that faith is the master key for taking the delivery of our inheritance in Christ.

 

Jesus said unto him, “If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth” (Mk. 9:23).

 

But, what is unique about Faith? Faith is a Spiritual Treasure of inestimable value. This means we cannot place value on it because it is far beyond what can be measured. Therefore, faith is the answer to every problem of life. 

For instance, When Jesus’ disciples asked Him why they couldn’t deliver the boy possessed with demons, Jesus said: “…Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you (Matt. 17:20).  

In Matthew 15:28 Jesus answered and said unto her, “O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.”

Faith is the answer to all the breakthroughs we desire in life. “By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days” (Heb. 11:30).

Faith is the Covenant Trigger for the Manifestation of the Power of God: Faith triggers the flow of virtue, which brings about our healing, health and wholeness. 

For instance, we saw from the Scripture that the woman with the issue of blood touched the hem of Jesus’ garment by faith and she was instantly made perfectly whole. 

Her faith simply triggered the flow of virtue that ended her shame and reproach. 

This shows that when we exercise our faith, virtue is triggered for our breakthroughs – healings and deliverances (Lk. 8:44-48).

We must understand that faith is our covenant access to the power of God in the Word. When our faith in the Word comes alive, God’s power flows supernaturally and changes our situations. 

That means, without faith, we cannot see the power of God and without the power of God, we cannot experience any breakthrough in life. 

Faith has the capacity to dominate the world of the spirit by quenching all the fiery darts of the devil. When faith comes alive, we tap into the power of God that no other power can confront. 

It is by faith that we dominate the world of the spirit and ‘have it the way we want’ in spite of fiery opposing forces (Eph. 6:16).

Faith brings God’s hand to bear on a man’s life for exploits: Faith brings God’s hand to bear on our situations and when He stretches forth His hand, no one can turn it back (Isa. 14:27, 43:14, 53:1). This is why no force from hell can stop faith from having its way (Matt. 19:26; Heb. 11:32-34). 

How unlimited is the Power of Faith? It is important to recognize that everything in redemption belongs to us (Eph. 1:3; 2 Pet. 1:3) but only what we believe is released. 

This is because any truth of the scriptures we receive and believe, commits God to empower us to realize it. That is, we must believe the Word before we can be empowered to become what it says (Jn. 1:12). 

Also, we discover that faith holds the answer to all the questions of our lives. 

This is because faith, as a virtue, has unlimited power to deliver at any time everything that pertains to us in God. 

This was why when the blind men met Jesus for their healing, He said to them: According to your faith be it unto you (Matt. 9:29). 

Furthermore, we understand from scriptures that there is no irreversible case with faith. For example, when one of the rulers of the synagogue told Jairus not to disturb Jesus because his daughter was dead, the Bible records: But when Jesus heard it, He answered him, saying, “Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole” (Lk. 8:50). 

From this scripture, it is evident that faith has the capacity to revert any situation. Moreover, when Martha told Jesus that Lazarus was already dead for four days, He replied: “…Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?” (Jn. 11:39-40).

Thus, through faith, Jairus’ daughter and Lazarus came back to life. That’s how powerful faith is!

Obedience is the only biblical validity of faith (Jam. 2:18). We understand from scriptures that Abraham’s faith was validated by his obedience. 

Moreover, at the wedding in Cana of Galilee when the wine finished, Mary told the servants: “Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it” (Jn. 2:5; see also Gen. 12:1-4, 17:10-11, 23, 22:1-3).

Thus, faith does not just believe God; it obeys Him to prove our faith in Him to make good His promise. 

We should therefore, understand that the worth of any man’s life in the Kingdom is a function of the faith at work in him. 

That’s why the Bible says …the just shall live by his faith (Hab.  2:4; see also Rom. 1:17; Gal. 3:11; Heb. 10:38). 

Also, faith has the capacity to exempt any man from the horrors of life (1 Jn. 5:4; Ps. 91:7-8; Matt. 9:29). 

Faith deflates every pressure and brings us to the realm of divine pleasure. 

In summary, we must understand that though a revelation of the Word shows us our redemptive rights, it is faith that enforces its release/delivery in our lives. 

This is why it is not enough to have revelation; it must be mixed with faith in our hearts before we can partake of the profits therein (Heb. 4:2). 

Thus, doing what is required to build our faith for maximum impact is worth it. 

Remember, nothing of value is free. We must, therefore, pay the prize to build our faith and labour to destroy unbelief through commitment to continuous study of God’s Word, so we can enter into His rest. 

Watch out for the next edition of Good News from the pulpit.

·      Your friend I. I. Madubunyi (Senior Pastor, HOG).