" Everything is possible for him who believes" Mark 9:23
Faith does not simply comes from asking God to do something for our lives. God has many ways of teaching us the way of faith, how many aspects of faith develop in our hearts, in our minds, in our whole being.
Faith takes a lot of training which includes trial of faith, the discipline of faith, the patience of faith and the courage of faith.
Each of these involves a lot of training, a lot of heart to not depend on what you feel but to understand and put into action what you believed is right.
Trial of faith; it is the time that we become overcomers
Discipline of faith; we train ourselves to refuse doing evil, doing something that will not please God, refusing to give in to temptation.
Patience of faith; waiting on God, believing that God will give what He think is best for us in His time
Courage of faith; being bold, confidence of doing great things for God. Believing that we can do everything because God give us the strength to do so.
God allow us to go through these stages so we can achieve the result of faith namely the victory of faith. And victory of faith becomes evident in the love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness and faithfulness that we exude in our lives .
Let's trust God's Word, even when the answer to our request is not yet granted. Don't let the things we see and feel make us think less about God. God sometimes purposely delay in giving His answer to our request but His delay teaches us to seek God much more, and it equipped us for the work which God has called us to do.
Additional readings:
James 1:3-4,
2 Peter 1:5-8
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