Faith is an abstract word but when viewed from the spiritual perspective and in the light of the definition given in Hebrew 11:1 ("Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen."), we see that faith can also take the form of a substance with physical attributes and it is real. Faith is your ability to capture an image of your desire to the extent that you can feel and touch it.
At the place of prayer, answers to your request is delivered to you in the form of your faith, so that what your faith is able to see determines what you get, how you get it, when you get it and if at all you would get it. When you pray, what does your faith see, what does it tell you? That what you're asking for is too much or too big for you? If your faith tells you, you can't handle a N5m project, it doesn't matter if you move your abode to the top of a mountain and fast 40 days and night, you will never rise beyond the meager amount your mind can handle. You can't receive what you do not have the capacity to conceive because what you receive is a reflection of what you have the capacity to handle. You can never rise above your level of attainment on the inside, you can't feel negative about yourself inside and experience positive things around you. Faith therefore, is your INVISIBLE REALITY.
Your reality will always assume whatever form your faith captures in the realm of the spirit, for example, if you do not see anything about your tomorrow that requires hard work and determination you will never see the need to put in extra effort at whatever you do today. You can tell how your tomorrow will look like just by the kind of faith you possess today. To have the better tomorrow you pray for, faith must form a picture of the answer in your mind that you must nurture until you have the physical manifestation of it. That is the reason why motivational speakers would advice you to surround yourself with pictures of your dream; the type of car you hope to drive, the kind of house you hope to build, the family you desire to raise and the future you want to have, images that remind you of where you're going to because images have powerful and lasting effect on the mind. As long as you keep seeing these pictures, you're reminded of the fact that where you are is not your last bus stop, you are heading somewhere, which in turn strengthens your faith to the point that your subconscious mind accepts these pictures as your reality and propels you to work towards achieving remarkable results so you can attain that better and desirable life. Note that, It all began with a picture.
What do you see when life throws a challenge at you? You did a pregnancy test and the result turned out negative but despite the result, your faith is still seeing that fetus developing into a baby inside you, so, it is not what the test reveals or what the scan shows but what your faith sees. You are a School cert holder working as a cleaner in your organisation but while you're busy cleaning, your faith sees you seated in a well furnished office as the Managing Director, taking questions from students who are on excursion to your factory. So, it is not about who you are now but what your faith sees about your tomorrow.
Develop the seeing faith, start now to see a wonderful marriage even though you're experiencing chaos, start seeing great and obedient kids if you're having challenges as a parent, see a great future ahead even though things look stagnated, let your faith move you to action and through it take your life to the next level because what you see is what you become.
ACTION EXERCISE: Take a minute now and just reflect on an area of your life, what does your faith see regarding that area?
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