Above All, Take up the Shield of Faith!
Have you ever wondered how important our faith is in our Christian walk? Look at how many times Jesus rebukes us for our lack of faith just in the chapter of Matthew.
But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. Matthew 8:26
And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” Matthew 14:31
But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, “O you of little faith, why do you reason among yourselves because you have brought no bread? Do you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? Matthew 16:8-9
Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.” And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour. Matthew 17:17-18
Some of us wonder why miracles don’t happen in our lives. Well this scripture is pretty clear as to why that is:
And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith. Matthew 13:58
Our faith seems to be the pivotal point of where the Lord’s miracle working power comes into our life. Here Jesus says these people got healed according to faith:
But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, “Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour. Matthew 9:22
And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.” Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.” And their eyes were opened. Matthew 9:28-30
But what if we believe, but we are having a hard time? God still honors that. This scripture shows that a child is possessed with demons, and the child’s father struggles to believe that Jesus can heal his child.
Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!” Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said, “He is dead.” But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. Mark 9:23-27
Jesus taught us that with faith, anything is possible.
So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. Matthew 17:20
And God tells us that the most important piece of armor is our shield of faith! If we take any piece of armor with us, above all we should take the shield of faith.
Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. Ephesians 6:16
We are even justified by our faith!
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. Romans 3:28
We need to walk by faith, and not only try to believe when something goes wrong. We need to live by it.
The just shall live by his faith. Habakkuk 2:4
You simply cannot deny how important faith is in our walk with God. I have seen over and over again how God honors so highly when we have faith in him. I suggest asking for more faith each day because he will give you faith abundantly and will deliver miracles to your front door! God Bless!