THE GOD KIND OF FAITH.

Abraham did not weaken in faith when he considered the impotence of his own body which is as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old or the barrenness of Sarah`s womb. No unbelief or distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God but he grew strong and was empowered by faith as he give praise and glory to God. Fully satisfied and assured that God was able and mighty to keep His word and to do what He has promised. That is why his faith was credited to him as righteousness. But the words...it was credited to him were not written for his sake alone but they were written for our sakes too. Righteousness, standing acceptable to God will be granted and credited to us who believe in God who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead Who was betrayed and put to death because of our misdeeds and raised to secure our justification.........................FAITH is an inevitable asset that we need in order to have a quality walk with God and also to access our inheritance in Christ. Without it, the Bible says that it is impossible to please God. People that recorded remarkable feats in the Bible were men and women of faith. In the prophetic text for today, faith is simply described as believing God`s words and promises to us. When you believe the totality of God`s words and promises to you and accept them as part and parcel of your being and existence, you can be regarded as a man and woman of FAITH. When words and promises of God come to us, it may be difficult for our minds to accept and believe them because of the situations and circumstances that may surround us when those words and promises come to us. The human mind may find it difficult to accept and believe God`s words and promises of fruitfulness when one has been barren and unfruitful for a long period of time. That was the case of Abraham. When God`s word and promise of fruitfulness came unto him, He was seventy-five years of age. By the time he was approaching hundred years of age, his mind found it difficult to believe and accept God`s word of fruitfulness unto him. Our circumstances and situations are FACTS of life and as a matter of fact, they are true. It is medically true that Abraham and Sarah were barren but the beauty of faith is that IT CHANGES FACTS. When the faith of Abraham rose up within him, the facts which were revealed as the impotence of his body, barrenness of Sarah`s womb were thrown into the trash-can. When you pay attention to the facts surrounding your situations and circumstances, unbelief/distrust/faithlessness sets in. With unbelief at work in your life, your faith will not be able to produce and when your faith is not of the sufficient level, you will not be able to access the desired promise of God. Instead of giving in to unbelief in the view of the indisputable facts on ground, Abraham started to give praise and glory to God knowing fully well that God was able to do what He has promised. Singing praises to God is a powerful spiritual weapon that gives credence to our faith. When we praise God, He is enthroned and lifted up and He goes to work to do all that He has promised us. It is very difficult to praise God in the midst of doubts and unbelief but it is a proven weapon of moving God to do what He has promised us. When Abraham was singing praises and giving glory to God instead of giving in to unbelief, his faith was fired up to a sufficient level according to God`s scale of measurement and His faith was credited to him as righteousness. When your FAITH is credited to your account as RIGHTEOUSNESS, there is no promise of God that you will not be able to access as written in the Holy Bible. It is the same year that Abraham was hundred years of age that the promise of fruitfulness was delivered unto him. The faith he had in God changed the facts of his circumstances and he became a proud father of Isaac even at hundred years of age. The good news that I have for you today is that you can have the faith of Abraham if you believe in God who raised Christ Jesus from the dead because of your sins and for your justification. After the faith has been deposited in you at new birth, you will have to feed that faith by feeding on God`s word consistently. In that way, your faith will be able to grow to a sufficient level to access the promises of God unto you. I see you accessing all that is yours by inheritance as you grow your faith to a sufficient level to access them by feeding on God`s word. Shalom!