Matthew 6:30-32 (NKJV) Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
How do we establish strong faith in our lives? When we seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, we would want God’s will to be done on earth as He has planned in heaven for us. Just as faith arose when we heard the Gospel and we were enabled to reach out to receive Christ, faith to do something for God in the corporate and business world will also arise when we have heard from Him personally through a Rhema Word that’s spoken to us. Thereafter, we are to continue to listen to and study the Word as a good student of the Bible. As we study, listen to, and practise the Word of God in our lives, we will know Him better, and grow from little faith to strong faith.
Romans 10:17 (NKJV) So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Faith comes by hearing the Word of Jesus. Jesus revealed and declared God the Father to us through His life, ministry, and the teaching of His Word. Therefore, faith increases as we get to know God more intimately by exercising our faith in Him based on what He has revealed to us in His Word. As a believer, we need to have faith in God and be confident that His promises will come to pass based on what He has spoken to us. We believe that we have received what we asked for the moment He has promised us, even though we have not seen it in the natural yet.
Everything has a process. It takes time for His promises to come to pass in our lives, so there is a time lag from the time He has promised us to us witnessing it happen in the natural, which could be days, weeks, months and even years depending on what we have asked and prayed for.
Numbers 23:19 (NKJV) “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
The entire Bible is the inspired Word of God, and God and His Word are One. Therefore, we can put our faith in the Word of God. He will watch over His Word to ensure that it will fulfil what it is purposed to do.
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小信的人
马太福音6:30-32 你们这小信的人哪，野地里的草今天还在，明天就丢在炉里，神还给它这样的妆饰，何况你们呢。所以不要忧虑，说，吃什么？喝什么？穿什么？这都是外邦人所求的。你们需用的这一切东西，你们的天父是知道的。
我们如何在生活中建立坚固的信心？当我们首先寻求神的国和神的义时，我们会希望神的旨意行在地上，正如祂在天上为我们所计划的那样。正如我们听到福音就有信心，得以和基督联结，当我们亲自听到神对我们说的话，在公司和商业世界中为神做事的信心也会产生。因此，我们要作为圣经的好学生，要继续聆听和查考神的话语。当我们在生活中学习、聆听并行出神的话语时，我们就会更好地认识祂，并从小信成长为坚定的信心。
罗马书 10:17 可见信道是从听道来的，听道是从基督的话来的。
信道是从听耶稣的话而来的。耶稣通过祂的生活、事工和祂话语的教导向我们启示和宣告了父神。因此，当我们基于神在祂的话语中所启示给我们的，操练我们对祂的信心，更亲密地认识神时，信心就会增加。作为信徒，我们需要对神有信心，并相信祂的应许会根据祂对我们所说的话而实现。我们相信，在祂应许我们的那一刻，我们已经得到了我们所要求的，即使我们还没有在自然界中看到它。
任何事情都有一个过程。祂的应许在我们的生活中实现需要时间，所以从祂应许我们到我们亲眼目睹它在自然界中发生，这可能是几天、几周、几个月甚至几年，具体取决于我们所要的和所祈求的。
民数记23:19 神非人，必不致说谎，也非人子，必不致后悔。他说话岂不照着行呢？他发言岂不要成就呢？
整本圣经都是神所默示的话语，而神和祂的话语是一体的。因此，我们可以相信神的话。祂会看顾祂的话语，以确保它能成就它的旨意
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