Increase Our Faith

It is Wednesday morning, 24th November, the year 2021, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan with a thought for today!

If we go to Luke 17:5, the disciples said to Jesus, “Increase our faith.”

Now, we might ask ourselves the question, “What is faith?”

Well, Hebrews 11:1 says:

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

I love what Augustine said... He said: “Faith is to believe what you cannot see, but the reward of that faith is to see what you believe.” You see,

"And without faith we cannot please Him, for he who believes must believe that He is and that He is the Rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”

Hebrews 11:6.

Jesus wants us to trust Him today. He doesn’t want our good works or our efforts. He wants us to walk by faith and not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7. If the disciples asked the Lord to increase their faith, how much more should we want our faith increased? You see, Jesus says that our righteousness, our good works, are like filthy rags to him. He doesn’t want that - He wants us to trust Him. You will find that in Isaiah 64:6.

We cannot earn our way to Heaven, we cannot even work our way to Heaven - It is only by faith in God. Remember, I have told you before, one of the easiest scripture verses to memorize is found in Mark 11:22, which simply says:

"Have faith in God."

You know, George Whitefield is one of my heroes. He was a great English evangelist that lived in the 1700s and he said: “What! Get to heaven on your own strength? Why, you might as well try to climb to the moon on a rope of sand! That is a beautiful illustration... It is impossible! But I can hear someone saying to me now, “But Angus, how do we get that faith?” Well, we come back to the Bible.

“Faith comes by hearing and hearing from the word of God.”

Romans 10:17

By spending time reading your Bible every morning, by praying and speaking to Jesus, by fellowshipping with men and women of faith. Remember eagles don’t fly around with turkeys...

Today let us get aside and Jesus will increase our faith.

Have a wonderful day.
God bless you and goodbye.