Have you had days when you feel like you have no faith at all? Like an off day? Well, i personnel think that its ok. We keep forcing ourselves to have more faith and more faith, but how can we get it?
You should know about John the baptist? He is call a great man of God and he was called to prepare the way of our Lord Jesus. He baptist Jesus and the heaven open up and a dove flew down to Jesus. There is a voice saying " this is my son, my Beloved Son whom in Him, I am well-pleased".
Matthew 3:13-17
John Baptizes Jesus
13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.
14 And John
tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?”
15 But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit
it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him.
16 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.
17 And suddenly a voice
came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
You see, John the baptist saw the heavens open up and even heard God's voice. Yet later in the part, when he was in prison. He lost his faith. He send a messenger asking if Jesus is the one or should he wait for another.....
Matthew 11:1-6
John the Baptist Sends Messengers to Jesus
1 Now it came to pass, when Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples, that He departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities.
2 And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples
3 and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?”
4 Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:
5 The blind see and
the lame walk;
the lepers are cleansed and
the deaf hear;
the dead are raised up and
the poor have the gospel preached to them.
6 And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.”
Whenever i lost my faith, God will always remind me of this which in turn, boost my faith. We are under the ministry of NO CONDEMNATION! Don't condemn yourself for not having faith. Instead, thank God for the story of John. You see, God is a good God. He does not kick you when you are down. How can you recover when you are already down, and someone kick you in the face again?
Our God encourages! That's why He put the story of John the baptist inside to let us know even great man of God have OFF DAYS!!!!! John the baptist must have been having a VERY OFF day to ask if Jesus if He is the one when he heard what the voice from heaven. LOL! =)
so how to have more faith?
Romans 10:17 (New King James Version)
17 So then faith
comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God. Listen to sermons. Read the bible.
