Faith is here to serve us

While I was in Africa the driver usually would be the one who be in charge of taking care of loading and unloading baggage, and opening and closing the car door. Well on one occasion when we arrived in one place I decided to open my own door and step out of the vehicle. What happened next left an indelible impression in my mind. Indelible refers to something that is incapable of being deleted or obliterated. I will never forget the look on his face when he saw me standing there. I thought he was going to actually break down and cry. Why? All because I opened my own door He said, “Sir, I was going to get that door for you, you didn’t have to do that yourself.” But, for whatever reason, sometime later it came back to mind, over and over again. I saw his face and heard his voice. “Sir, I was going to get that door for you . . . .” I had never seen a driver so serious or zealous about his job. It was like he was insulted or hurt because I didn’t allow him to serve me or do what he was sent to do. Well, faith is the same way. Not only is faith an unstoppable spiritual force and a master key to a world of unlimited possibilities, but faith is also a “Servant of the Believer.” Faith is given to work for you, to serve you, and to make sure everything that legally belongs to you physically becomes yours.

Once we are born again we are to “live by faith.” And when you are operating by faith, you absolutely take control of your destiny. You cannot be stopped, nor can you be defeated. “Faith puts you in the driver’s seat of life.” It makes every situation solvable and every mountain conquerable. Jesus teaches on “Faith as a Servant” in Luke’s Gospel, chapter seventeen. “The apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith (that trust and confidence that spring from our belief in God)” (Luke 17:5, Amplified Translation).

“And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not. So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do” (Luke 17:6-10).

Faith Connects You with the Unlimited Power of God

The sycamine tree could represent spiritual powers in high places or something undesirable that is naturally immovable. Jesus was using this “tree” as a metaphor to teach them how to get rid of it by the power of faith-filled words. Jesus was teaching His disciples as God taught the first man Adam when He said to Adam and Eve, “Subdue the earth,” meaning that when they see anything out of line with Heaven’s Government or something they didn’t like, it was their responsibility to change it, the way God changed things in the beginning, by speaking words, filled with faith. According to Psalm 82, and verse 6, it says, “Ye are gods,” meaning that we are God’s under-rulers, and God Himself is the limit of our ability. Now receive that by faith and from this day walk in a consciousness of your superiority over disease, debt, disaster, death, and any other devilish things contrary to the will of God for your life and this planet. Jesus said, “If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say to this sycamine tree….” In other words, you tell it what to do. You don’t have to pray to God to remove it. You speak to it. . . “And it should (the Greek Translation says, it would) obey you.” He was not just talking about trees would obey you, but more specifically He was talking about your faith, or your servant, would obey you. By the way, this is the same faith that God used when He spoke in Genesis, chapter one, “Let there be….”

The Just Shall Live by Faith

Jesus never used money to do anything. He always used faith. I call faith, “The currency of the Kingdom.” Even when He needed money He used faith to get it. If He can do that, then He said we can do it too. Why? Because we have the same faith. “The scripture says,” . . . God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith” (Romans 12:3). He wouldn’t supply this “God-kind” of faith if He didn’t expect us to use it. Jesus and the disciples were in the boat crossing to the other side of the sea and a great storm came up (Mark 4:35-41). They woke up Jesus, who was asleep, and shouted, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown? He rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, “Peace, be still . . .and there was a great calm.” He asked them, “Why are you so timid and fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” He expected for them to use their faith the same as He did His.

As it is used it doesn’t deplete. It develops or increases in strength the same as you build up muscles in strength training. Why? So you can do great things for the Kingdom. Many Believers are looking to be a part of a ministry or project where they don’t have to use any faith. I heard one man say. . . “For a Believer to be in a place where you don’t have to use any faith is a most dangerous place to be.” “Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our Faith” (Hebrews 12:2) Your faith does not start out fully grown or fully developed. You receive the Word of God as a mother would conceive a child (Mark 10:15). Then it’s like a child growing inside its mother’s womb, from a seed or embryo. Faith grows and develops in the womb of your spirit (the unseen). Eventually there will be a manifestation when faith is released to work and change things that are seen. Jesus goes on to say in Luke 17:7-8, “But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me (emphasis mine), till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shall eat and drink?” This says, once you’ve used your faith and the job is complete, don’t allow it to lie around and do nothing. Put it back to work. Jesus teaches that we shouldn’t allow faith to rest until our work here is done and all our assignments are completed. I translate this to mean, every problem solved and the Kingdom of God is established in every place. I declare that from this day you will use your faith like never before, not only to possess your inheritance, but lift the curse off the whole city where you live.