We can have saving faith, but not the practical faith we need to hold unto it in our troubled times; that faith that casts out worries, anxiety and fear, when the storm is above our heads; when the mountain in front of us seemly hard to climb; when left at the mercy of circumstances with no visible way out. The disciples showed this lack of faith, when faced with a storm of great proportion, even when YAHSHUA was in the boat with them, in spite of all the power He had demonstrated through miracles He performed. He mentioned that faith, as small as a grain of mustard, can do wonders, if we had it. There would not be mental or physical illnesses, because there would not be worries, anxieties and fear in the presence of faith. These three spirits affect the mind and body in ways that we are kept prisoners unto death. Slaves to the power of drugs, we become dependent of them to survive, day by day, year by year and finally unto the grave. When we are held by these spirits, faith is non-existent to perform miracles in our bed of sickness. The reality of God’s promises is voided and doubt takes over the mind, making us even more prone to the power of sickness. “By His strikes we are healed,” are the words frequently used in our prayers for healing. Why they are not doing what they are supposed to do? Because they are not mixed with faith. We have uttered them over and over, but they stay in our head, never coming down to the heart – the soul, where the emotion, the will, and the intellect are working together to bring them into reality. We repeat them as a parrot repeats words without understanding their meanings. Practical faith depends very much on our believing from the heart.
Noah built an ark without seeing rain falling on the earth before. He heeded to God’s command and performed it as he was told to do and behold, his salvation! (Gen. 6) Abraham took his son to be sacrificed at the command of the Lord. Behold, he became the father of all nations; YAHSHUA came from his descendants and through Him the world was blessed. (Gen. 22) Daniel and his friends were saved from the lion’s mouth and from fire, because their faith overwrote worry, anxiety and fear. They cared not for their lives, but to obey God’s commandments. (Daniel 3,6). King Jehosaphat did what the Lord commanded him to do to be saved from his enemies and Jerusalem was saved, without them having to fight them. He believed that the battle belonged to the Lord, and behold, the Lord God performed His promise (II Chron. 20). Moses stood in awe facing the Red Sea; the enemies were approaching him and his people to destroy them; mountains stood on the other side. Moses, however standing firmly in his faith said, Fear not; stand still and see the salvation of the Lord which He will work for you today. For the Egyptians you have seen today, you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace and remain at rest. The Lord told Moses, Lift up your rod and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, and the Israelites shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea (Ex. 14). So, it was that held by faith, Moses obeyed the words of the Lord; they were saved, but their enemies were left buried in the depth of the Red Sea. Not yet knowing Who YAHSHUA was, at His command, Peter and his partners were told to put their net out into the deep water and lower their nets for a haul; Peter, after toiled all night, catching nothing, said, On the ground of Your word, I will lower the nets. Held by his faith, Peter and his friends caught a great number of fish; and as their nets were breaking, they signaled to their partners in the other boats to come and take hold with them. They came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink (Luke 5).
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