THE ENERGY OF FAITH

                                         
                                                           THE ENERGY OF FAITH

In the previous article, we discussed that faith is the greatest force in the world and that there is nothing in the whole world that is as strong as faith. The whole world was created by faith and hence faith is greater than everything that exists in the world. Faith created all things and without faith, nothing can be created. 


Having seen how powerful faith is, I, however, want to state here that faith which is the strongest force in the world can become powerless and weak. Faith can be dead and fruitless. If faith can be powerless then, it needs to be energised. It needs to be quickened. A man can have all the faith in the world but if that faith is not energised, it cannot produce any fruit nor create anything. A dead faith cannot produce any result. 

The question then is how can faith be energised? What do I need to energise my faith so that it can produce results? The answer is WORK. By work I mean action. It is work that gives life to faith. It is work that energises faith. If faith must produce results, then it must be backed up by works.


 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
{James 2:17,26}


From the bible verses above, you could see that faith without works is dead. Faith is like a dead body without the spirit if it is not energised by works. Faith is the body, work is the spirit. They both need each other to operate on the earth.


God is the author of faith and we said in the previous article that he was the first to exercise faith as seen in the creation process. It will be needful for us to see if he energised his faith. Did he just have faith without working or he also worked?

 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.{Genesis 2:1-2}

From the foregoing, it is obvious that God backed up his faith by his works. He didnt just concieve the world in his mind, he acted upon the conception and made it a reality by working it out. Even though God had said he was going to create a man that was going to have dominion over the earth, that couldnt hapen until God worked it out. He had to take up dust to make the man.

7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.{Genesis 2:7}

Even the man that was made was as dead until God did another work of breathing into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life. This means that until work is done, faith remains dead and lifeless.

What is the essence of all these illustrations? It is so that you will understand that your faith or whatever you have concieved in your heart will remain just a dream, an idea or a hope until you act to bring it to pass. Faith is only the first step, work is what perfects faith. This means that nothing can be created until faith is mixed with work.

If you believe you can create anything, then you will work to bring it to pass. If you believe you can become anything, then you will work to become it. Your work will proof whether or not you believe what you claim to believe.

Everything that exists first existed in the realm of faith or ideas but it was by work that they all became realities. The plan of a house drawn on paper is not yet a real house until the labourers go to work on the site and finish the house. Work converts ideas, dreams and visions into reality. Ideas, dreams and visions will only remain at the realm of faith until they are energised by work.

My charge to you therefore, is that you develop an idea, a concept and a vision for your life this year, believe that you can achieve it but most importantly energise your belief by working hard to bring it to pass. Only when you work on faith can you become productive and creative like God.