Today I want to share Kenneth E. Hagin's "Faith Food". This is the most simple, clear, and profound definition of faith that you will ever hear!
Faith: Acting on God's Word
"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only" (James 1:22).
Some people have such a struggle. They say they are trying to get faith, or else they are trying to believe. But all that is necessary is just to act on what God says.
I use the phrase "acting on God's Word" rather than "have faith" or "believe," because that's exactly what faith is!
Someone once asked Raymond T. Richey, a man mightily used of God in the healing ministry, "What is faith?"
Richey replied, "Faith is just acting on God's Word."
Smith Wigglesworth would say, "Faith is an act."
That's what faith is - acting on God's Word.
Confession: I am a doer of the Word. I gain knowledge of God's Word. I hear His Word. Then I act accordingly. I act on God's Word!
We know that Hebrews 11:1 says this:Some people have such a struggle. They say they are trying to get faith, or else they are trying to believe. But all that is necessary is just to act on what God says.
I use the phrase "acting on God's Word" rather than "have faith" or "believe," because that's exactly what faith is!
Someone once asked Raymond T. Richey, a man mightily used of God in the healing ministry, "What is faith?"
Richey replied, "Faith is just acting on God's Word."
Smith Wigglesworth would say, "Faith is an act."
That's what faith is - acting on God's Word.
Confession: I am a doer of the Word. I gain knowledge of God's Word. I hear His Word. Then I act accordingly. I act on God's Word!
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. KJV
The Amplified Bible says this:
Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].
Faith IS the substance of what we are hoping for, bringing into the natural, physical realm what has been promised in the Word of God and is already REAL in the spiritual realm. The WAY it is brought is by our acting on the Word! Being a DOER of the Word gives Holy Spirit something to work with to manifest those spiritual blessings into natural, physical form! THAT is why we are encouraged to be DOERS of the Word, and not just HEARERS (James 1:22)! Hearing the Word will NOT bring about the manifestation. Hearing the Word brings and grows faith, but ACTING on the Word makes it a reality in our realm! Do you see that? If not, continue to meditate on the Word and Holy Spirit will show YOU, personally, how to put it into practice! HE desires for you to have the answer even more that YOU desire to have it! TRUST HIM! AMEN! Here is Hillsong United with "Say The Word":
Shalom in Him!
