HAVE FAITH IN GOD
October 3, 2026
Hello faith-filled ones!
There is a human faith that is built into the make-up of man and that humanfaith is on the level of this natural, physical world. If you are not exercising plain, human faith, you would not even sit down on that chair you are sitting on. Natural human faith comes from basic reasoning.
But we are going to talk about the spiritual thing God put in you when you were born-again ~ His faith which is a supernatural, creative force.
What we do with our believing faculties is up to us. God has provided food for our spirit, our mind and our body, but He is not going to feed us. That final decision is ours. He will show us what is right but it is ultimately our decision.
See, we are releasing our faith all the time, without even realizing it ~ For example, let's say God begins to say to you, "I need a full-time missionary in Russia and I want you to go." You might say, "Ut-oh, Lord, I have been working at the post office for 19 years and I only have to stay for 1 more year to get my pension." That man is exercising his faith in that government check, in his job. He has exercised his faith in that job for 19 years; that is his source of income. He is comfortable. God asking him that just threw him sideways.
We need to release our FAITH IN GOD and in His Word; not in our jobs, our careers, etc.
We should not release our faith in people because people make mistakes; God never does.
When you HAVE FAITH IN GOD and IN HIS WORD, you are walking supernaturally, by the Spirit. Romans 8:1 says,
So to recap, FAITH is not the product of reason. It is the product of our recreated spirit. In Mark 11:27-33, the scribes reasoned and could not answer Jesus' question.
See, if we do reason with the Lord, we must reason with Him on the Wordand in the Word. Isaiah 1:18 says,
We are to ONLY trust in one thing, according to Proverbs 3:5,
FAITH is a substance, according to Hebrews 11:1 and God used this very same substance to form the world (Hebrews 11:3) ~
Our FAITH IN GOD comes by hearing the Word of God according to Romans 10:17.
So HAVING FAITH IN GOD means having FAITH IN HIS WORD. It is imperative to put the Word FIRST PLACE in your life; make it the final authority in your life.
Take time to MEDITATE on God's Word every day. Proverbs 4:20-22 says,
Make sure to ACT upon the Word of God, in other words do what it says do. For example, when somebody hurts you, instead of retaliating, do what the Word of God says to do in Matthew 5:44,
Lastly, do not forget to PRAY IN THE SPRIT, according to 1 Corinthians 14:4 and Jude 20.
"Father, in Jesus' Name, I pray for each person reading this daily word of encouragement and ask that they might be filled with the knowledge of Your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding - that they might walk worthy of You, unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of You, strengthened with all might according to Your glorious power unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness, in Jesus' Name and to His glory, Amen."
Faithfully yours,
Lisa Gordon
Gordon Ministries and Jesus City Church