Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone
who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those that
earnestly seek Him.
Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)
Our faith comes to us through receiving
salvation. Salvation, by definition, is the deliverance from the power and
effects of sin. The Lord promises this deliverance to us when we allow Him to
come into our hearts and invite the Holy Spirit to transform us from
within. Once we have received salvation, we must learn how to develop our newfound faith in God. We must realize that
our faith is a muscle. If we want to increase it’s endurance we must exercise it daily. If we do not use it everyday it will grow weak and then
when we face trials, it will not be as strong as we need it to be to face them without defeat. How do we ourselves know how strong our muscle is until we
test it outside the gym? How can we know that our faith is in God and not in
the fleeting things of this world without putting our faith to the test? That’s
where the trials that test our faith come into play. As we strengthen our faith
muscle in God we in turn greater our trust in the Lord.God knows how strong our faith muscle is and He will not give us a task that our muscle cannot handle.
