ICS Daily Devotions
Spirit of Faith
Man is a spirit, he has a soul and he lives in a body. All three of these must be properly nourished in order for them to operate successfully.
Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
In order to exert spiritual power, you must feed yourself on the Word of God with the same frequency as you feed your body with food. God told Joshua to meditate on the Word so that he would know the good and perfect will of God.
When we put God’s Word into our spirit or heart, that Word is consumed by our spirit. As this spiritual food becomes a part of our spirit, it produces the spiritual force called faith.
God’s word is alive and it will do exactly what it has been sent to do. It can impart spiritual life. Until it becomes alive to us, we will never have strong faith or the ability to build up that faith. We need to personalize the Word to ourselves.
If we accept His Word, believe His Word and digest His Word. It will create a spiritual life inside of us. We will be able to live spiritually.
Once the word of God fills up our minds it will then proceed into our hearts and tell our emotions to come in line with the Word of God. When our will is 100% committed, that is when we are ready to develop a life of faith.
By listening to His word, it activates our faith, if not then there is nothing for us to act upon or base our faith upon. It is important to hear His voice with clarity during each situation. Remember that faith only comes through the voice of God. This spoken word of God, as expressed in the Bible and understood through the revelation of the Holy Spirit, is what transforms the impossible into something easy; it renews our mind and nourishes our lives, sending us out to conquer that which once seemed impossible to us.
We have to personally hear the voice of God through His word during our quiet moments with Him. It is either through the written word that becomes a Rhema to us or the witness of the Holy Spirit regarding a verse that comes to us.
When we can see the result or the answer through the “eyes of faith” then we will stop looking at the problem and rather focus on what God has shown us through His Word and begin to say what we believe.
What we confess should be the result of what we visualized in our hearts. Faith will overcome obstacles by not looking at the natural circumstances rather by believing what is in the heart.
Sermon Series: Prayer and Acting on the Word
