The Spiritual Gift of Faith:
To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise
advice; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge. The
same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit
gives the gift of healing.
-1 Corinthians 12:8-9
Gift of Faith is the power gift specially given to
certain people who will not misuse it. This gift has to be used with great
discretion or else there will be confusion and chaos. Then Jesus said to the disciples, “Have faith in God. I tell you the truth, you
can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in
your heart. I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that
you’ve received it, it will be yours.
Mark 11:22-24N. Imagine we all had such a gift what would happen to the world ?
According to our whims and fancies and personal convenience the the mountains
and rivers will start shifting places, and climatic conditions will vary
dramatically, This is the reason the Lord does not give this gift to many. In
the Bible we find a few people who were bestowed with this power gift. We find
Joshua stopping the moon, prolonging the day till his battle is won.
Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the
Lord, the God of Israel, lives—the God I serve—there will be no dew or rain
during the next few years until I give the word!”
1 Kings 17:1
He was bold enough to talk this to
the King and it really happened as he trusted God.. But to bring back rain he
had to pray continuously putting his head low. There rain occurred as he
prayed. He was a man of prayer.
The miracles done by Moses were ordered and planned by God and he had the faith
to proclaim what was going to happen.
Psalm 34:6 says “by the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and the
host of them by the breath of His mouth. ” Breath means Spirit, Hebrew
11:3 says, By faith we understand that the world was framed by the word of God.
We people should have this faith to trust God and to depend on Him. If the word
of God abide in us we ask anything we need God will give that. Healing happens
with such faith. If we do not trust and have faith in God our life is so
miserable. Let us have full trust in God hope that whatsoever He does for us is
for our good only. Paul talks about faith that could move mountains? This means
if we speak with divine faith believe that you received it. In the Acts of the Apostles
we find this divine gift of faith acting through the apostles. Even today this
can happen. As Jesus said we should have that divine authority and gift of
faith and God will grant the wisdom to use it with discretion.
Have faith in God. This faith is given to us by His grace. God bless.
-Sol.Salomi