It's been two years since the Holy Spirit shared with me the phrase, "exercise your faith". Exercising my faith has not been a one time event, but an ongoing process. As time passes, I learn more and more the importance of faith and belief in the Word and the key role exercising faith plays in our lives.
To help enforce the value of our genuine faith, I want to share an analogy from a pastor and a reminder of a dear sister in Christ.
When you go to the faucet and turn on the hot water, you do not immediately receive or feel hot water. Do you worry about it, fret whether you will soon feel the hot water? Or before you even turn the water on, do you have anxiety about whether the water will become hot? Or before getting out of bed in the morning, do you question if there will even be any hot water in the house at all? The answer to these questions are all 'probably not'. We turn on the hot water, understanding we may not immediately feel the heat, but knowing soon the warm water will be felt on our hands. We don't worry about whether the cold water will become hot.
That's how faith works. When we believe a promise of the Lord in faith, we may not immediately feel or see the outcome, or manifestation, but we believe. We first have faith that the true promise of our Heavenly Father will manifest. We don't fret if our request in His plan will become reality in the natural, because we truly know it is occurring, often before we see or feel the results.
As a sister reminded me, we have to believe and trust by faith first to ensure our souls (mind, will and emotions) and our bodies experience the seeing, the feeling, and the realization of God's promises fulfilled. It has to start with our faith in what the Word says. Believe in the promises our Father has already made to us.
Hebrews 10:23 "Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep His promise."
Expect. Believe. Receive.
1 John 5:14-15 "And we are confident that He hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases Him. And since we know He hears us when we make our requests, we also know that He will give us what we ask for."
Prayerfully, exercising my faith, your sister in Him,
Robin
Thank you for this reminder. I've been working double-time this weekend in exercising my faith. It is very encouraging to read your words of victory. My faucet is on, and I know the hot water is about to appear!
ReplyDeleteOh, your last line made me smile! Yes,turn that faucet on high and know the hot, hot water will soon be arriving!
ReplyDeleteMany blessings to you as we continue to give all our cares to the Father and exercise our faith in knowing He has taken care of them all. It's His promise.