What is faith praying? Jesus was in a wind storm on the Sea of Galilee asleep while his apostles began to be afraid their boat would sink. Satan was trying to destroy all 13 of them. They woke Jesus. Jesus stopped the storm. Then he turned to his apostles and asked, Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith?"
The storm was a perfect opportunity for the disciples to express great faith, and stop the storm. But, being human, fear took hold of their minds. Have we ever been in similar situations like this before? Instead of using faith, we were fear filled?
What is faith? Faith is facing a problem, a situation that could kill us, or destroy our desires, or hinder our hopes. That is an opportunity to use faith.
What is faith? Faith is correctly assessing the situation we are facing. maybe we can remove the situation ourselves. Or --- perhaps we need God's help in controlling the problem. Or, perhaps we can do nothing, and must depend entirely on God. That's what the disciples faced that day.
What is faith? Faith is a decision. It pushes fear away. It makes the decision that God can solve the situation by himself. Faith decides to believe God will. Faith asks God to deal with the problem entirely. Faith does not doubt that God will act. Faith makes the decision to rest the problem in God's hands.
But what if it takes time to remove the problems? Faith continues to believe God will act, eventually. Yes, faith may let Satan test you. But push the doubts away and ask God's power to resolve the problem. Do that every time doubts appear. Don't hesitate. Return immediately to faith. Your faith will grow stronger. Praise God for victory.
God will answer! God will give a victory! Then you can praise for his power and blessing!
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