Manifestations of Faith

FAITH manifests in three ways: in doctrine, what you believe, in worship, your fellowship with God and his church, and how you live.

Abraham understood that faith was the connection between man and God. So, he believed in God, and this belief was considered righteousness. (James 2:23)

He worshipped God and lived like one, convinced that God, who had promised, could perform it. (Romans 4 verses 19-25).

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.” – D. Elton Trueblood

BY FAITH [with confidence in God and His word], Noah, being warned by God about events not yet seen in reverence, prepared an ark for the salvation of his family.

By this [act of obedience], he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which comes by faith. (Hebrews 11:7)

Faith causes you to act in a certain way.

WHEN Jacob saw a ladder from heaven, he called the place Bethel. He rose and made an altar and a vow to God. (Genesis 28:17)

Faith requires you to create a sacred place to meet with God and revere Him.

NOAH prepared an ark for his family's salvation—and in reverence to God, he built an ark expecting rain when rain had never fallen on the Earth. (Genesis 6)

So, faith makes you prepare for the rain to pour.

Faith comes with expectations.

MATTHEW 7:7 says, Ask and keep on asking, and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking, and you will find it. Knock and keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

Seeking God without expecting anything in return is considered abnormal.

Faith makes the impossible possible.

BY FAITH, the people [of Israel] crossed the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land, but when the Egyptians attempted it, they were drowned. (Hebrews 11:29)

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.” – Helen Keller.

I don't know your struggles, but your focus on God will keep you grounded and your faith in Him will get you through.

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Seeking God without expecting anything in return is considered abnormal.

To live a life of wonders, faith must be your ally. Faith takes you from the mundane to the realm of the miraculous.

BY FAITH, Moses kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood [on the doorposts] so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch them (the firstborn of Israel). (Hebrews 11:28)

Faith makes you seek God’s presence.

MOSES told God: If Your presence does not go [with me], do not lead us up from here.

How can it be known that Your people and I have found favour in Your sight?

Is it not by Your going with us, so that we are distinguished, Your people and I, from all the [other] people on the face of the earth?” (Exodus 33 verses 15-16)

I know that you're the temple of the Holy Spirit. However, commit your ways daily to God and ask the Holy Spirit to lead you.

Faith is God's mindset. It influences one's thinking. It makes you stand for God and associate with His children.

BY FAITH, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter because he preferred to endure the hardship of the people of God rather than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin. (Hebrews 11:25)

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Faith is God's mindset

Faith makes you appreciate the reproach that Jesus suffered.

MOSES considered the reproach of Christ [that is, the rebuke he would suffer for his faithful obedience to God] to be greater wealth than all the treasures of Egypt, for he looked ahead to the reward [promised by God]. (Hebrews 11:26)

Faith makes you know you're just a man.

God humbled Nebuchadnezzar, and he attested that God’s signs are superb, his miracles so powerful! His kingdom is everlasting, and his rule is for all times. (Daniel 4:3)

Final Thought

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.