For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.
Romans 12:3
Some say that when prayers are answered and miracles happen in their life—"Wow, what great faith! Things happen for them because they have such a strong faith." What does that understanding of faith do to the promise that God has given to each one of us? God did not give one person more faith than another, or stronger faith, or one person faith for healing and another faith for prosperity. He gave each of us a measure of faith.
We can no more live without applying faith than we can live without breathing or thinking.
Faith is at work within us every moment of every day. No matter what the situation our measure of faith is at work. We wake up and crawl out of bed and we "believe" that the floor will hold us up, our legs will carry us, and there will be oxygen flow through our bodies.
We sit in a chair and believe it will hold us.
We get in our cars and drive believing that we will safely get from one destination to the other.
We see rain and believe the ground is getting the water it needs.
We see snow and believe the air is cold.
The exercise of faith is a constant process in our lives.
We either believe God's Word or we are choosing not to believe what He has promised—when it comes to faith there is no middle ground. We cannot say we believe what He said but then not trust Him. In Matthew 12:30a it says, He who is not with Me is against Me.
When we choose not to place God's Word above all else we cannot expect to receive the fulfillment of the promise, but we can expect to see the manifestation of what we believe and say.
If we agree with God we must act like it, talk like it, and expect the manifestation of the promise.
If you are given a gift and you lay it aside, forgetting about it or thinking it was meant for someone else, and then you continue to ask for that same gift over and over you have not received the gift you were already given. In a sense, that is what we are doing with the faith God has given us.
God has given us every good and perfect gift and what He has done for one He does for all who believe in Him.
Are we laying the precious gifts aside in unbelief?
Are we waiting until our natural senses confirm what is already done in heaven before we believe?
Faith believes before the manifestation.
Faith is acting on what God says and not on what our emotions say. Let go of everything that questions God's Word and determine in your heart to trust Him and only Him. Don't wait until you see something you can relate to in the physical. Agree with the Word of God and accept what Jesus has already bought and paid for—receive the gifts God has promised.
Check your "believing". As you go through the day stop and think about things you do and say—consider the beliefs you have developed that cause you to do and say those things. This means everything—every move we make every word we speak is based on something we believe.
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