Increase our faith

Increase our Faith 20/02/2011
Our lives are a direct result of the values that have fashioned us.
Let me explain this: Edgar is a football supporter so it is very common to see him wearing Teams T shirts, even teams he doesn’t like, just to show he likes football. He spends a lot of money buying T shirts, shorts, football boots, games and etc. He is a sports man.
The values we carry in our hearts are important and leads (guides) us in the way we live.
James said: “We are in a process of transformation and we must be linked to God all the time, to have our values changed and to be strong.”
In James 1:4 we read: “Perseverance is the key word for our lives to be changed to what God is.”
Our perseverance will be:
• An anchor – Without values we are adrift; we are sent from one side to another and overtaken by the storms of life. But with God’s value we have an anchor to hold strongly.
• Your values will be always with you and they will never let you behind.
• Your compass – Seasons change, relationships change, circumstances change and even goals change but not values… People (even believers) can say you are a foolish person because you live by faith. They will try to lower your standards saying that just going to Sunday services is enough…
We have to centre our lives in God and His patterns.
“Faith is the heart of life”, someone said.
We have to draw near to God and He will draw near to us. James 4:8
You go to a doctor whose name you don’t know, who gives you a prescription you cannot read, then, you take it to a pharmacist you don’t know either and gives you a medication you don’t understand and “ you take it”. This is faith.
Unbelief put circumstances between us and God. Faith puts God between us and our circumstances.
How can you and I improve our faith then? How can we draw near to God?
In Romans 10:17 says that “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing the word of God.”
The deeper is your faith in God, the greater is the potential to carry you through the rough times.
We can ask the Lord to increase our faith. In Luke 17:5 the apostles said:”Increase our faith.”
To increase our faith we have to increase the ground we are stepping in. We have to know more the one we are serving and become more like Him.
Let’s pray.