THE GREATEST SYMBOL OF SPIRITUAL POWER

"Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him" (Hebrews 10:38). 

Faith is the greatest symbol of spiritual power on this side of eternity. Walking with God is no joke and it will take a definite measure of spiritual strength to make progress in this walk. That spiritual strength, according to the Bible, is encapsulated in the word 'faith'. Not only is it impossible to please God without faith, it will also be utterly frustrating to walk with Him. Indeed, there can be no other way to relate with the unseen One, the infinite One, who is also called the mysterious One other than by faith. Faith sees the invisible! 

Humans are accustomed to believing only that which could be connected via one or more of the five physical senses. Man wants to see, smell, hear, taste or touch before conceding reality. But spiritual things are rarely perceivable with our natural senses. The arrangement enacted in the spiritual corridor is that you have to "believe to see" (Psalms 27:13). And so, faith believes the physically imperceptible, the totally incredible and the absolutely unbelievable! That is why the suspension of natural laws or the bypassing of physical processes, otherwise called 'miracles' typically happen only where faith is available in one form or the other. 

As indicated earlier, faith is the real spiritual power. Without faith, the Christian is powerless, even if he could pray endlessly and knows all the mysteries of the Scriptures. Without faith, it will be impossible to do the work of God to any meaningful extent. Ministry in its truest form is purely a faith adventure. Until faith is effectively engaged, nothing positive takes place in the realm of the spirit or in the kingdom of God concerning the affairs of men. Thus faith conquers the insurmountable and receives the impossible. This is why Jesus said that "All things are possible to him that believes" (Mark 9:23). 

Faith is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable, all by the working of the Holy Spirit, the giver of faith. Faith is not just to believe that God can, but that God will! That God will do what He says He will do. This is why the Holy Book says, “But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6). Faith is a must for the believer, for he who comes to God "must believe". 

Dear Christian, nurture your faith in the Lord and let it take you where your brain and brawn can’t take you. The just shall live by faith, or he will not live at all!