Tuesday daily devotional by Pastor David Okoye (Ambassadors Word Diet, 6th March, 2018) – Faith to faith (2)

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, the just shall live by faith Romans 1:17

Faith is one thing that always produces. A man that takes steps of faith would always produce results. Our opening text tells us that God has given to every one of us the measure of faith.

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Yesterday, we saw through the scriptures in Romans 12:3,

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according to as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

The World English Bible puts the underlined part thus, “…as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.”

Faith is like a seed. When you give the same type of seed to two different persons doesn’t mean they would both have the same type of harvest. The seed might die in the hands of one and produce tremendously in the hands of the other.

This is how the principle of faith is. God has apportioned to all the same seed of faith. How much our faith would produce would be dependent on the conditions that we set in place in order to facilitate its growth.

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Every good farmer knows the conditions that are beneficial to each seed. He understands what would facilitate the growth of his seed. In the same vein, every good Christian must know the conditions
that would facilitate the growth of his faith.

A Christian that is unable to identify these conditions is automatically headed for failure, as the seed of faith in Him would die. One of the most vital conditions is the Word of God; confessing the Word of God.

This was the principle that Abraham applied that made Him the Father of Faith. Another thing that is of extreme importance if a Christian wants to produce is backing up his faith with works.

James 2:20-22 says,

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

The perfection of your faith would commence by the introduction of your works. Having faith isn’t enough; you have got to show some workings.

DECLARATION
I refuse to have faith alone. I back up my faith with works. The seed of faith I have received would not die in my hands.

SCRIPTURAL REFERENCE
James 2:17-26; 1 John 5:4

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