Measure of Faith

…each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. Romans 12:3, ESV

God has given each of us the measure of faith we need to do what he has already put in our spirit. He does not tell us to do anything without giving us what we need. I was in prayer when the Holy Spirit said to me pray your faith! Listen, if you aren’t hearing from God, you need to spend sometime in prayer listening. He is always talking because prayer is a dialog not a monolog. When we go in with a monolog and we talk to God, get up and walk away we have missed all that God wanted to say to us!

So while I was praying, I head him say, “Pray your faith.” I thought, “Pray my faith?” I then heard, “Yes.” The thing that you are having doubts about, or think you can’t do, I need you to say, “I trust God in the measure of faith he has given me.” So, I started to say, “I trust God in the measure of faith that all the things I have going on are organized and easily accessible. I trust God in my measure of the faith that he has already opened the door for my new home.” He said, “Your faith is enough for what I have put in your spirit.” Satan wants us to believe that our faith is not enough. We have to stop listening to the lies of the enemy. God has given us what we need to move in everything he has placed in our hearts! Our Bishop says to stop saying the facts and instead say the promises of God. If we say the facts, we receive the facts! But when we speak the promises of God, we receive his promises!

For example, God showed me in prayer someone delivering J. C. Irresistible cookies on a dolly to different grocery stores. I saw these white boxes stacked up and they all had J.C. Irresisitibles stamped on the boxes and they were moving them to a certain store. God just gave me that vision so I know the direction in which I am headed. I have no idea how I am going to get there, but he has given me the measure of faith to believe this will manifest if I keep doing what he has instructed me to do. So no matter what comes, or goes, or what the facts are, I must trust God through the measure of faith he has given me. 

We are not supposed to depend on ourselves, but him. If he put a new home in your spirit and you don’t have the resources to purchase this new home, he already has a door opened to handle all your needs! He tells us to not lean on our own understanding, but to trust in him. Go and start looking for your home. Whatever you limit your faith to is what you will receive. 

Many years ago our son attended a university in Los Angeles. He was a student at the University of Southern California and every time we went to visit him we would have to get a place to stay. We were on a tight budget so we were staying at hotels that were okay, but not really nice. One day when I was reserving rooms online I was really frustrated that I could not find a nice place on our budget. While sitting at the computer I said to God, “You said that you would give me more than I could ever think, or imagine. I could imagine the type of hotel I wanted to rent, but not the expensive cost. My son was moving to Pasadena because he had graduated from school and he had landed a job near Pasadena. I heard the Holy Spirit say, “Type in luxury hotels in Pasadena.” 

Listen, I had never even thought to type in luxury hotels because they would be out of our price range. But I did as the Holy Spirit instructed me and the Langham Hotel popped up at the top of my search list. I loved what I saw but as I looked at the prices online they were well over our budget. God said, “Call them.” When I called and asked about the room availability the sales clerk started to ask me if I was apart of any of the companies that they offered discount’s to. She started to list the companies and we qualified for the discount! The discount made the cost affordable and well within our budget! 

I said to God, “All this time that we had been staying in LA we could have been staying here?” God reminded me that I had not trusted him in that particular level of faith. God had available for me what he had put in my spirit. He had given me the faith I needed to trust him, but I was leaning on my own understanding. Do not miss out on your blessings by depending on yourself. Walk in the faith he has given you. After that, every time we went to LA to visit our son we stayed at the Langham!

Key points:

You have all the faith you need.

Do not lean on your own understanding.

God has more for you than you could ever ask for.

Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11

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