2 Corinthians 5:7 "For we live by faith, not by sight."
We live by faith and not by sight. This means that we don't live by bread, or water only but the prime ingredient of our livelihood is our faith. So if faith is what we live by then without it we have no life.
If faith is so important than surely we should be doing certain things to make sure that it's alive and growing.
There are certain things which are good for our faith and some which are not.
Somethings which starve our faith are T.V programmes and music which goes against who God is. Ask yourself, how is this growing my faith in God or is it leading me away from God. The thing is we soon imitate and believe what we watch over and over again. Once we watch T.V programmes which teach us to put our faith in material things or that joy comes from material possessions or a husband than God, our faith in God is starved as we now allow material goods to take over God's place in our hearts.
1 John 5:21
Amplified Bible (AMP)
"21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols (false gods)—[from anything and everything that would occupy the place in your heart due to God, from any sort of substitute for Him that would take first place in your life]. Amen (so let it be)."
Our faith should be in God and not things. When we know,trust and believe in the greatness of God then we trust who he is, that he is so great that nothing is impossible for him, when we focus on his greatness, then we know that because he is so great he's able to answer our prayers and meet our needs easily.
That's why we should never compare ourselves to fellow christians, what they have or they don't have. Cause just maybe they haven't discovered for themselves that God is great, and how he can do all things and as a result their faith has been starved. Or they could just be hanging around negative people or watching negative t.v programmes, thus distracting their relationship with God which disables their faith.
Matthew 14:28-30New International Version (NIV)
28 "Lord, if it’s you," Peter replied, "tell me to come to you on the water."29 "Come," he said.Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!"
What happened when Peter shifted his gaze from Jesus to the wind? He became AFRAID. By looking at the wind he fed his fear instead of feeding faith. Then because his fear was fed, he sank.
How could he have fed his faith, by looking to Jesus, when he first got out of the boat and was walking TOWARD Jesus, he was fine, why? cause his focus was on Jesus, he was walking towards him to get to him, when his focus shifted, that's when he sank.
So what's shifting our focus from Jesus, is it negative people, T.V Programmes which cause us to covet other people's lives. Whatever it maybe, it needs to be cut out of your life because it's killing your faith in Jesus which is very essential cause we live by faith and not by sight.
What are faith feeders? The two that I know of are the bible and worship music.The bible amplifies God's powerful & wonderful characteristics in every book, It shows us the characters of God, a healer, a provider, a forgiver, a friend, a comforter, a mighty warrior, a conqueror and love.
Worship music, as we worship God we magnify him, we lift him higher and make him great cause that's who he truelly is.
So basically I needed to write this because I needed to hear this, hope this post has touched you.
Hebrews 12:2 KJV
"Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith"
