Can I Increase My Faith?

How do I increase my faith?

We already have the measure of faith. According to the writer of Romans 12:3, when we are Born-again, each of us is given the measure of faith.

Some people say, "I can never have the faith that Jesus had or that Billy Graham or Creflo Dollar have."

However there are not varying degrees of faith. We all start out with the same measure of faith.

God doesn't say, "I think I will give this one more faith than that one." No, He gave us all the same measure of faith.

This is good news because if Billy Graham, Creflo Dollar and countless others throughout history can have great faith, so can we. If we started out with the same amount of faith as they did, then we can develop our faith to that level as well.

Jesus said in Matthew 17:20 that" If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you."

Our mustard-seed-size faith can grow, just as that small seed does, into something large. The small mustard seed grows into the largest plant. Our faith can grow into something great as well.

What is faith? The author of Hebrews writes in chapter eleven, verse one, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."

I've also heard faith described as believing even when our common sense tells us not to, but I love one quote that I found in a Christmas catalogue: "Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that He will."

Many of us know God can do it. We have no doubt of it, but we wonder if He will do it for us.

Yes, He will if we believe. Many of us have been taught that we must be good enough for God to perform on our behalf. We fear we have not earned enough brownie points to earn our miracle or for God to supply our needs.

Again I have good news. God doesn't want to come through for us because of anything we do or say. Not because we are good enough. Not because we deserve it. Not because we did anything. It is because of what Jesus did for us on the Cross.