Vintage Wisdom...
The Battle Over Our Faith
The Apostle Paul uses an insightful expression more than once in his letters to Timothy - "the fight of faith". Faith is a costly spiritual commodity that comes in a variety of degrees, from "no faith" to "great faith". There is a constant battle over the faith of a believer. One must discipline their spiritual man to continually make deposits of faith into their own lives. This responsibility is one that is active and not passive. The mature believer moves through their day addressing issues and giving them names, either these issues fit inside the scope of their destiny or they don't. Saying nothing often times seals your agreement with life's circumstances or the negative words of someone else. The scripture says that "Faith comes by hearing ..." (Romans 10:17). We can hear faith coming through reading the Bible. We can hear faith coming by meditating or speaking God's Word. We can hear faith coming through the teaching and preaching of the scriptures. And finally when we practice the three previous methods, we can hear faith coming through the spoken Word of God.
Don't become an indifferent spiritual person, when life travels at you at unexpected speeds, learn the discipline of forcing faith to come!