God is a Faith God
Rom 4:17:- As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
Do you believe that God has faith? Personally, I believe with all my heart that God is a faith Being, that He lives by faith. God operates by faith because He calls things not as they are, but as He envisions them to be. (Rom. 4:17.)
Do you realize what God sees when He looks at His Church, the Body of Christ? He sees a glorious Church, one without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, one that is holy and without blemish. (Eph. 5:27.) Why does He see you and me that way? Because He looks at us from a spiritual perspective. He sees us not as we are in our natural selves, but as we appear through the blood of His Son Jesus Christ.
And that is faith.
Another reason I know that God lives by faith is because I know He demonstrates His faith. God believes that what He says will come to pass: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it (Is. 55:11). His words carry such creative power that all He has to do is say \”Let there be…\” and the outcome is \”And there it is!
Mark 11:22,23. In Mark\’s Gospel we read how Jesus cursed a fig tree and the next time He and His disciples passed that way it had withered from the roots up. The disciples were astonished, but Jesus told them to have faith in God because anyone who did so would be able to do what He had done to the fig tree, (Mark 11:13,14,20-23) and even …greater works than these shall he do…(John 14:12).
So from these and other passages in the Bible we see that not only did Jesus live by faith but that He intends and expects us to live that way too.
He expected Adam\’s life to be sustained by His Word. He expected him to take authority and exercise dominion over the earth and to operate just as He operated — by faith.
That is why God is displeased when men and women draw back from following the lifestyle of faith that He created, designed, and intended for them as the divinely instituted stewards of His whole creation.
Prayer for an Increase in Personal Productivity
Father, I come to You out of frustration because I am not pleased with my performance on the job. It seems that I am just not as efficient or effective as I need to be. Lord, I ask for Your help in planning my day, paying attention to my duties, staying focused on my assignment, establishing priori- ties in my work, and making steady progress toward my objectives. Give me insight, Father. Help me to see any habits that I have that tend to make me nonproductive. Reveal to me ways to better handle the tedious tasks I must perform so that I can achieve the greatest results possible. Help me to organise my efforts, schedule my activities, and budget my time. References for Prayer –Proverbs 9:10; 16:9; 19:21, Ephesians 1:17