More faith please!

I got talking to a beautiful, young woman a few weeks ago. What a smile she had, she was a simple girl with a smile that lit up the world. So as we stood in the sunshine and got to know each other a bit, she shared with me that she believed in Jesus. So I asked her if she would like prayer for anything and she thought for a moment and said, "Yes, I'd like more faith."

So the conversation that followed went like this:

"Do you pray before you sit on a chair?"

"No," she replied

"Do you pray before you open a tap?"

"No," she replied.

By now she was laughing.

"Why?" I asked. "Is it because you have faith that the chair won't collapse under you and that water will come out of the tap?"

"Yes," she answered, smiling that beautiful smile.

And Jesus said unto them, "... for verily I say unto you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove and nothing shall be impossible unto you."

Matt 17:20 KJV, emphasis added

How big is a mustard seed?

 

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Heb 11:1 KJV

Is the 'substance' the thing you hope for?

Is the 'substance' the evidence of things not seen?

What is the substance...FAITH.

Let's read a bit further into Hebrews:

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaks. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Hebrews :1-6 KJV

How do we obtain this faith that pleases God?

For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is a gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV, emphasis added

The same size of gift for all of us? Yes. Again, lest any of us should boast. But of no use unless we use that (gift of) faith to believe that He exists and He rewards those who diligently seek Him.

That beautiful, young girl stood in the sunshine smiling widely because she realised, she already has enough faith, all she had to do was use it.