A Measure Of Faith

 

 

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

 

 

God did not give one person more faith than another, or stronger faith—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 and no matter what the situation our measure of faith is at work as we put our trust in God. We wake up and crawl out of bed and we "believe" that there is a floor to walk across, that our legs will carry us, and there will be oxygen flowing 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.

 

If we agree with God we must act like it, talk like it, and expect the manifestation of the promise—a measure of faith.

 

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—a measure of faith.