Faith to Faith

What does it mean to go from faith to faith? This question hit me a couple of different ways.

One being that faith is a decision. You decide if you are going to have faith in something. You decide if you are going to rely on God’s word and promise. We don’t have to have faith. Of course, having faith makes things much easier because you are no longer relying on your strength or wisdom to bring something to pass. This is a good thing because if I had to rely on myself, I would be in a bad way. I can’t rely on myself to inhale and exhale. Imagine if I had to rely on myself for salvation? What if I ‘forgot’ to be saved one day and that turned out to be my last day.

Another way this hit me is faith is a function of knowing and believing something you haven’t yet seen or received. One way that this affects me is that I have faith that one day, I will be a mother. Now, this has been a rocky path for me but for me, exercising that faith has been to speak that ‘yes I will be a mother. Yes I am a mother’. I will have three beautiful and healthy children and God has even given me their full names. You know what helps me ‘remember’ to have faith? A combination of their initials is my user name for a program that I use. Every time I type it, it is an unconscious reminder that it will come to pass. I believe in a promise that I have from God even though I have not seen it.

The other way that this thought hits me is God’s grace is renewed every day. No matter the measure of grace that was given to us the previous day, it is new with each day. It is not re-used or recycled. It is fresh-off-the-shelf new. God doesn’t give us an allotted amount per month and if you hit it early you’re out of luck. His grace is new every single day. Imagine if we chose to have faith this way. What if we woke up each morning and consciously said, ‘Ok, yesterday was rough. The doctor said this or my paycheck ran out too soon. My child was disobedient or my spouse and I had yet another fight but you know what that was yesterday’s battle. I have renewed faith today that I am healed, God will make a way, my child will not be a lost cause, my spouse and I will be together for another 100 years and we will be happy and a blessing to others. My health won’t fade, I won’t lose my job, my child will be a productive part of society and the kingdom of God, my marriage will be a success and a testament to God’s grace and blessing in our union.’

Choose to renew your faith every day. Choose not to operate on day old faith. Don’t let the enemy sneak in a rib shot to your faith. Hit him with a one-two combo. 1) I know who and whose I am. 2) I am more than an over-comer, I am victorious.