MY
DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion
for Wednesday February 8, 2017
Topic:
Increase Our Faith
Text:
Luke 17:5 – 10
Yesterday, we read about Stephen, a
man of faith. In today’s bible reading, the disciples requested that Jesus
should increase their faith. Their request was genuine; they wanted the faith
necessary for such radical forgiveness. But Jesus didn’t directly answer their
question because the amount of faith is not as important as its genuineness.
What is faith in religious term? It is complete trust and loyalty to God that
results in a willingness to do His will.
Adam Clarke says that “Faith is the
daring of the soul to go farther than it can see.” Faith is not something we
use to put on a show for others. It is complete and humble obedience to God’s
will, readiness to do whatever He calls us to do. Jesus didn’t answer them
directly but his answer was to correct an impression that the amount of faith
isn’t as important as the right kind of faith—faith in our All-powerful God. He
used a mustard seed as an example to show the size of faith that can work if it
is faith centred on God.
A mustard seed is small, but it is alive and growing.
Like a tiny seed, a small amount of genuine faith in God will take root and
grow. The Apostles didn’t need more faith; a tiny seed of faith would be
enough, if it were alive and growing in them. What kind of faith do you have?
Are you asking God to increase your faith? Remember our food for thought
yesterday that “Faith is kept alive in
us, and gathers strength, more from practice than from speculations”
according to Addison in Power Bible CD. This is what will make your faith active and working.
Food
for Thought:
Mark 9:23
Memory
verse: Luke 17 verse 5
Prayer:
Lord God, strengthen me to develop a genuine faith that will be alive and
working in me in Jesus name.
