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LEVEL OF YOUR FAITH
(20-05-12)
“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” Heb 11:1 Some people
think God has given faith. Some people read Bible themselves and think that they’ve got some faith
with them. If they pray every day, they think they’ve got some faith. But people are still living in a
pitiable life condition because they do not have faith. God gives you His Word to live in faith. Mary
believed the Word of God and stood in faith and said “Be it unto me according to Your Word”. Faith
is so simple and yet so difficult for the people in the world to believe. It is holy and precious. Matt
8:23-26 When Jesus Christ and His disciples were going in a boat then a huge tempest has come
around. Jesus was sleeping on the deck and the disciples were afraid of looking at the storm. They
began to wake up Jesus. When the storm was high, they were looking at the intensity of the storm
but could not remember the miracles of Jesus.
BELIEF: What you believe, that’s what you do. If you say you believe in Jesus and do not do what He
says, it means to say that you do not believe in Him. “All things are possible to those who believe.”
You are supposed to do what God is wanting you to do in the storm. If you do that, it is called belief.
But the disciples were afraid of the storm. It’s because they could not believe in the inside.
Whenever a storm comes, if you don’t have the belief in the inside, you will fall. Storm reveals your
who you are and what your faith is all about. Jesus Christ is sleeping in the storm. He is the Word
(John 1:1). When the Word is sleeping in the deck, it means to say, you must also sleep along with
the Word.
FEAR: Fear is the opposite of Faith. Jesus said in Matthew 8:26 “Why are you fearful, O you of little
faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.” Jesus said to
disciples Why are you fearful (for I am here the Creator of Heaven and the Earth) O you of little
faith? When fear holds many people pray in that fear. Fear leads their prayer. When you are in a
problem (joblessness, marriage, business etc.) that problem makes you to pray. Such people are
fallen short of the knowledge of God. They are supposed to put their trust and confidence on God.
“Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint”.
LITTLE FAITH: Their faith is not sufficient to stop the storm because they are in fear. If they could
eliminate the fear mode, then their faith mode would have increased. The opposite of faith is fear.
Why are they fearful? Because they are not obedient to the Word of God. 2:Timothy 1:7 says God
has not given us the spirit of fear. If God has not given the fear, then from where they are getting
this fear? It is the devil who instigates your mind and then you are filled with fear. So God has given
you power, anointing and gifts ( gift of tongues) to break that spirit of fear. A man who runs with
fear is controlled by fear and led by fear. Whereas, those who are led by the Spirit of God are called
the sons of God.
HOPE: Hope is the starting point of faith. Heb 11:1 says “Faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.” The whole verse is pointing out to towards one thing that is hope.
Hope is an important ingredient which is already present in the inside of you. Proverbs: 24:13, 14
says, God is sending taste to your soul. When your soul tastes the honey and the honey-comb

experience (knowledge of Wisdom), then your hope and prospect will not be cut off. The knowledge
of Wisdom which enters your soul, will hold your hope so that it will not be cut off. This is the
starting point of faith. You will also see a definite prospect in front of you.
When you have a problem and pray, God gives you Wisdom. You should know how to apply that
wisdom. Kings in the Bible, when they have a problem they prayed, then God used to send wisdom.
That wisdom is the solution for their problem. Jesus Christ grew up for 30 years in wisdom. Luke 2:40
“And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon
Him”. The Creator Himself grew up in wisdom. Is it worldly or Godly? John 7:15 “And the Jews
marvelled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never studied?” as Jesus had no
education; He grew up in Godly wisdom. Luke 2:52, “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and
in favour with God and men.” Why is wisdom so important? Because it is needed to solve your
problems.
GRACE OF GOD : 2 Corinthians 8:1-3,9 says, “Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace
of God bestowed upon churches of Macedonia:” Grace of God is upon churches and not on you.
Grace is the teaching of a Holy God to an unholy man. This is the Grace which has come for a
purpose. Because this is on church, you need to take your decisions along with church. But if you are
not connected to the church, you can’t get this Grace upon your life. Though they are in a great trial
of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of liberality.
According to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they were freely willing to give. These are
people in deep poverty. Yet they gave beyond their ability. Their liberal giving has made them rich.
The churches of Macedonia knew and they have tasted the Grace of God. When you are obedient to
the Word of God, through the Grace of God, He will come and lead you. God’s grace will teach you
to sleep in the storm (great trial of affliction).
God wants to bless you in your finances. He protects your money from devourer. You are supposed
to learn the financial discipline in your income. When you are getting for example Rs.10, you have to
spend your money in such a way that you have to allot your money to Tithe, (Rs.1) seed, (say Rs.2)
savings, (Rs.2) for poor people fund (say Rs.1) and the rest (Rs.4) for your usage. When you give
Tithe, God will rebuke the devourer, when you give to poor people by which your disease which
normally stays with you for one or two weeks, now it will come in the morning and leave in the
evening. When you give as seed offering, then God shows the way in a perplexed situation the right
path. The seed faith: If you are living with Rs.4 of your income you are content with it. Then you will
pass from Rs.10 salary to Rs.1000 salary. But you learnt to live with Rs.4. So now you will give extra
tithe from 10% you will increase to 20%, seed money from 20% to 40% ,poor people fund from 10%
to 20%,. No disease will touch you. If you are faithful in smaller things you will be faithful in bigger
things. When you begin to flow with your seed, it will speak to you. Anointing in seed is different.
What you sow, so you will reap. When He connects with your money, it becomes a miracle power.
First thing that happens to you is, you’ll be filled with joy. Second thing, your faith will rise. But if you
don’t work with the Word of God, He doesn’t connect with you and your desires will make you to
pray.
DESIRES: What are your desires, so are your debts. Your desire is more than your earning. Your
desire will make you to stretch your hands in front of people. Bible says I have never seen the

descendants of Abraham begging for bread. Who is a man with desires? A lazy man. Proverb: 21:25,
26 says “The desire of the Lazy man kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. He covets greedily all day
long..” A lazy man’s desire kills him. Who is a lazy man? He is anyone who is disinclined to do work.
He covets greedily all day long. Check which desire holds you and how much time it is holding you.
But the just shall live by faith.
Proverb: 24:30,31: “I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man devoid of
understanding; And there it was, all overgrown with thorns; Its surface was covered with nettles; Its
stone wall was broken down.” Here the person is lazy and he has a field. But there is no plantation in
it. It’s all overgrown with thorns. V32 speaks the reason for the thorns, nettles – “ A little sleep, a
little slumber, and the little folding of the hands to rest. And here is the person who is devoid of
understanding. He has a vineyard. Devoid means lack. The Bible says in all your getting, get
understanding. God has readily placed that understanding spiritually. The Word of God is a ladder to
receive that understanding. You need to bend your mind and your very self to climb up the ladder to
reach that understanding. Once you get that understanding, according to it your mind shall be set,
and your decisions will be according to that understanding. God has placed His understanding for
you for every problem. For you to get that understanding, God gives you Word daily. But Satan
comes and steals that Word from you by showing you, your desire(apple).
Luke 24:45, says “And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.”
Without understanding you can’t read the Bible. Though this man has a vineyard, (appears to have a
plantation) because he is a man devoid of understanding, he has no fruits. His field is overgrown
with thorns, covered with nettles and the stone wall means protection and disciplining. ( from
predators, thoughts, words-from within me and outside me) is broken down. Proverbs 24:34 says,
“So shall your poverty come like a prowler, And your need like an armed man”. Need is something
when you are thirsty, you need water and your want is Coca-Cola. God is speaking about your ‘need’
ground. Once you come out of laziness and remain in understanding, your need is continuously met
by God. Philippians 4:19 says, “And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in
glory by Christ Jesus”. Why is He doing this? To give you an abounding fruit. (v.17) When your
offering is reached, your need is met. When you give to God, God will give you back good measure,
pressed down, shaken together and running over.
GOD BLESS