FAITH & HOPE: WHAT WE WERE NEVER TOLD PT 2

LONG READ BUT PLEASE STAY WITH ME

In Part 1, I tried to establish something simple but often missed:

Faith does not exist on its own, It is not self-generated and it is certainly not something you stir up in isolation.

Scripture says faith is the substance of things hoped for. Which means faith only works where there is already something to expect.

And this is where many believers get stuck.

We’ve been taught to apply faith but not always taught to first find the promise that gives faith something to work with. This is a major failure point with the Faith movement of today

So we pray.

We confess.

We declare.

We fast.

And yet… nothing seems to move.

Not because faith doesn’t work but because there was no hope anchoring it.

Let me say this in a language you can understand;

You may be exercising faith and not seeing results not because your faith is weak but because there is no promise behind what you’re believing because faith cannot substantiate what God has not spoken.

That doesn’t mean God is unwilling, It simply means faith was never designed to function in a vacuum.

Think about Abraham again.

Scripture says he believed IN HOPE (confident expectation) according to that which was spoken.

Abraham wasn’t believing in a feeling. it wasn't vibes. And that's why when the going got tough, he stuck with that confident expectation of the promise of his son.

He was believing a word. It was tangible. He heard it, he felt it, in-fact his hope was so real i'm sure he shared it!

Think about this. If i promised you something, your ability to hold unto my word is premised on the fact that it was spoken in the first place. You heard it, you believed it and you received it.

It is the word that creates expectation and that expectation in return gives faith direction!

This is why a lot of what we call “faith” today becomes exhausting.

We’re trying to persuade ourselves instead of being persuaded by what God has said. So faith turns into effort, effort turns into pressure and pressure turns into disappointment.

Lets use salvation for instance; ever wonder why it is so effortless?

No one struggles to believe for salvation once the gospel is clear.

Why?

Because the promise is clear.

Eternal life.

Forgiveness of sins.

Reconciliation with God. if you didn't have these, what faith do you exercise that caused you to believe in a God you have never seen? Think about it!

Hope is definite so faith flows naturally.

That same principle applies everywhere else.

So before you “apply faith” to a situation, pause and ask:

What has God said about this?

Where is the promise?

What exactly am I expecting?

This is why Scripture calls hope an anchor. Hebrews 6:18–19 (KJV)

“That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the HOPE set before us: Which HOPE we have as an ANCHOR of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;”

So let me close Part 2 like this:

Don’t spend all your energy trying to generate faith. I tell my church, all the faith you need, you already have!

Spend more time discovering what God has already promised.

Because when hope is born from truth, faith doesn’t have to fight it follows.

If this helped you, stay with me.

There’s more to uncover as we continue.

Did this bless you? I hope it did

Yours In-Love and In- Christ

Skool Teecha

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