The key to unlock heavenly blessings.
Why is faith that important? And what role does it play in our daily life?
It is important for us to understand that faith itself is not something that occur naturally, it has to be cultivated and learned. So now what is faith and what can of faith I am discussing in this post?
According to Dictionary.com, there are several definitions of the word FAITH:
-Confidence or trust in a person or thing;
-Belief that is not based on proof;
-Belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion;
-Belief in anything, as a code of ethics, standards of merit;
-A system of religious belief;
-The obligation of loyalty of fidelity to one's promise, oath, allegiance;
-Christian theology. the trust in God and His promises as made through Christ and the Scriptures by which humans are justified or saved.
From all the definitions above, we can have a quick glance of what faith really means. However, Understanding what is faith is one thing and integrating this important substance in our lives is another thing, it is utterly essential for us to understand and integrate it into our lives if we hope to live a better life.
We need faith in our life, because without faith basically we would not be able to live our life on earth unless, you declare that you can live by your own and handle everything in your life by yourselves. But that is impossible in this modern world, the reason? In one way or another we would need to put our faith on different personal, for example we have to believe that the bankers are not playing around with our fixed deposit savings, and we have to put our faith into believing that teachers and lecturers in schools and universities are teaching our children appropriately. If this faith is missing, we would start to doubt in every single stuff that come across our life and with everything bugging us all the time, how could we have a peace of mind at any given time?
"Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoratically possible"
William James
Upon reading the gospel of Matthew in the bible, I was strucked by the numbers of miracles that had happened were due to the faith of that person/group of personals:
Matthew 8: 1-4
When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said."Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean."
The proclaimation by the man with leprosy saying that Lord if you are willing, you CAN make me clean. He did not doubt or what-so-ever that God can heal him, even though at that time leprosy was probably incurable. And because of his faith in believing God can heal him, in verse 3: Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man."I'm willing," he said."Be clean!" Immediately he was cleansed from his leprosy.
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Matthew 8: 5-13
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help."Lord," he said,"my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly." Jesus said to him,"Shall I come and heal him?" The centurion replied,"Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one,'Go' and he goes; and that one.'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant,'Do this,' and he does it."
The centurian shown great faith in believing that Jesus' does not even have to go to his house in order to heal his servant, and Jesus Himselves shown approval of this great faith shown by this man and subsequently the servant was healed.
When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him,"Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith......Then Jesus said to the centurion,"Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would." And his servant was healed at that moment.
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Matthew 9: 1-7
Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their FAITH, he said to the man,"Take hear, son; your sins are forgiven."...
These men that brought the paralyzed man were men of faith, and clearly they believe that Jesus at the time is the one who CAN help them.
So he said to the paralzyed man,"Get up, take your mat and go home." Then the man got up and went home.
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Matthew 9: 20-22
Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve yeras came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. She said to herself,"If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed."
The clear understanding of who Jesus was had granted the women great faith, she knew that Jesus is the Lord, and it is mentioned that she said to herself:"I WILL be healed." Take note, she did not say might, but instead she said will. And the result was:
Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart, daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed at that moment.
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Matthew 9: 27-31
As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!" When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" "Yes, Lord," they replied.
These blind men were clearly incapable of seeing what Jesus had already done in the past, but yet they have this faith and belief that Jesus could help them and therefore:
Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith let it be done to you"; and their sight was restored...
These were incidents that had happened in the bible, miracles and things that seems impossible and beyond the comprehension of mankind. A person with faith would see a tree growing out from a mustard seed, a person with faith would hold on to what he/she believe even though the circumstances are telling otherwise, a person with faith would pray untill God answers his/her prayer, a person of faith can unlock the blessings that God had already prepared in store for him/her.
Have faith fellows, for faith is the key to unlock the chest of blessings in heaven.
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