ABUNDANT LIFE MINISTRIES

(From September 19, 2010)
Romans 12:3 (New King James Version)
3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

I would like to share with you a revelation my wife and I received about this scripture. This scripture says that each one is given a measure of faith. The thing that confuses many people is it seems as though some individuals have more faith then others. Have you ever known someone who had almost all their prayers answered? Surely God must have given some people a whole lot of faith and given me just a little bit...right?

Let me explain to you how faith works. Have you ever seen one of those emergency inflatable rafts that when you need to inflate it you pull the cord and it immediately inflates into a full size raft that will seat 8 - 10 people or even more? Well here is the principle, before the raft inflates it's small, it's compact, it has the capacity to expand into a life saving device, and the truth is it IS a raft, but until it's expanded it cannot be used for the function or the purpose for which it was made.

God has given each of us a measure of faith. The reason we feel like some people has more faith is because their faith has been inflated, expanded, or in simple terms, been put to use! 2 Thessalonians 1:3 say's, "We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly". If you are not satisfied with your level of faith then you must be willing to be put into situations and circumstances that will cause your faith to be expanded. It is time that we, as Christians, begin to allow the deposits that God has made in eCh of us to grow into full blown, full functioning life preservers for us, our families, and the world around us!