Faith-Part 2

1 Corinthians 13:13"Three things will last forever- faith, hope, and love- and the greatest of these is love."
I wanted to brings this scripture up. If you remember in one of my very first posts I posted the whole entire chapter of 1 Cor. 13. I said that this is our decree, that we are going to live this out. Well I wanted to expound on this verse a little bit. Starting with Faith, I already did part one, now part two.

Faith:
In Faith part 1, I talked about Faith as in believing in things not seen. Today I want to talk about Faith as in believing something with your whole heart! So completely that you don't need any evidence. (Which is like almost the same exact thing but just a little different. :) )
I would like to talk about the story about the woman who had an issue of blood. She had been bleeding constantly for 12 years! Ladies, can you imagine, constant cramps, bloating, mood swings. For twelve years in a row, I think that you would be sick of it.
As Jesus was preparing to leave the woman thought "if I just touch His clothes than I know I will be healed." So that is what she did. She touched His hem and immediately was made whole. Then Jesus turned around and said, "Daughter, go on your way, your Faith has healed you." Did you catch that? Your faith? Not, your works or by my power, but by your faith.

Another story of faith was the Centurion who had a sick servant. Now their are very few places in the new testament where Jesus says "you of great faith." But this is one of those times. A Centurion had a servant who was sick and went to find Jesus because he had heard all that Jesus had been doing. He told the Lord, "I am a man of great power. I say go to one and he goes, and to another and come and he comes. So just say the word and I know that my servant will be made whole." He didn't even need Jesus to come and pray for him, or lay his hands one him. He just said say the word and I KNOW that he will be healed. Jesus replied "You of great faith, go your servant is healed." And when the centurion came to his home he asked another servant when his sick servant was made clean and he told him the exact hour when Jesus had said he was healed.

Our faith is so important to our lives. Why else would the writer of Corinthians list it as one of the three things that will last forever? Faith is something that is supernatural. We can't fathom it, nor can we really and truly comprehend it. It is one of the gifts of God. The more faith that we have the more that God can do in our lives. But the less that we have the more that we hinder God from doing all that He is able to do. Make it a point today to access as much faith as you can. Not just today but everyday! Be a person who is known for great faith!