Check the level of your faith (Part 5)
In the third part, I said that there are five ways by which we can test the level of our faith. I have already talked about the first three ways which are the attitude, words and how to give. Today I will talk about the last two ways:
Thanksgiving: We do not need faith to say thank you after having received something but he who has faith can say thank you before seeing the thing with his own eyes simply because he has spiritual eyes. Remember that we do not walk by sight but by faith (2 Corinthians 5: 17).
Let us see what the Bible says when we ask for something in prayer: “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we HAVE the petitions that we have asked of Him"(1 John 5: 14-15).
This verse is very interesting because it says that if we pray according to God's will, we know that He hears us but the interesting part is the one that says: "we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him". In fact, we do not possess it physically but spiritually we have it.
Your behavior after prayers can tell the level of your faith. He who knows that he possess the thing he asked for (in accordance with God's will) behaves like a pregnant woman who prepares the birth of her child. She will not wait for the fulfilment of the thing she asked for but she will start to give thanks before the fulfilment of the promise. This is actually the secret that many Christians ignore. Thanking God for the things we have not yet seen make easy the fulfillment and the devil cannot do anything about it. If you know that God said 'Yes', keep on giving thanks until you see the thing with your physical eyes.
Prayer: Your prayer life is another indicator that shows the level of your faith. If you have great faith, you will find pleasure in spending more time in prayer, but every time you do not want to pray, know that the level of your faith has fallen significantly. God's Word says that God is enthroned in the praises of Israel (Psalm 22: 3), and John had the revelation that the prayers of the saints are like incense (Apocalypse 5: 8), which means that when we pray, God comes down and takes pleasure in our prayers. Therefore, I would like to encourage you to pray even when you do not feel like doing it, because even the opposition you can feel comes from the flesh but the spirit is always willing (Matthew 26: 41).
Here is the end of this teaching and I hope that these five ways will help you to check the level of your faith. Continue to meditate on the Word because faith comes by hearing (Romans 10: 17). Read the bible, listen and read the teachings and especially endure the trials permitted by God because they strengthen our faith (Jacques 1: 2-6).
God bless you
Chris Ndikumana
