"The just shall live by faith" -- Romans 1:17
What does it mean to have faith? If you want my "hillbilly" definition it would be a "belief that becomes a conviction which results in trust and a new way of living." In short, faith is belief plus trust which equals change. As believers in Christ we are called to live our entire existence by faith in God. Faith is to be the driving force by which we make our decisions, take action and live out an abundant kind of life. If we are not living our life by faith in Jesus, who loved us and gave Himself up for us, we are missing out on the abundant life Jesus came to give us.
Abundant living is a kind of life which surpasses the natural and moves into the supernatural things of God. Paul told the Corinthian church unbelievers could not understand the things of God because they were living in the natural and did not have the mind of Christ. Occasionally Jesus went to villages and was limited in the number of miracles He could do because of the limited faith of those living there. Those who choose to live in the natural miss out on the supernatural activity and wisdom of God.
Where are you choosing to live your life today? Are you living in the natural or supernatural? Are you living the limited existence of what you can know and do or are you living by faith in God and the unlimited knowledge and power of Him? Can you name something in your life for which you are having faith in God right now? If not, take a moment this week to ask God to help you break free from a mind chained to the natural so you may have faith in God's supernatural, Holy Spirit power!
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