Faith Unleashed

 My heart is ablaze with truth this day after reading more in Leonard Ravenhill's book, Revival Praying. Several sentences set off a firestorm in my spirit. So much so I had to quit reading and jot down my thoughts hoping the fire might spread to some other soul. 

Faith is the trust and belief in God that He can do what He said He would and could do. Faith is confidence in God. Faith is assurance God will come through. Faith is like a muscle that does the heavy lifting through prayer. Prayer is the currency by which we access all the resources of God to be applied to our needs. Faith is the sight to see the unseen spiritual realities God purposes in our generation. Faith is the fire and wings of our prayers. Without it we might as well be voicing wishes in a wishing well. 

Think what could happen if all of us truly believed God for more? What if the church of God, meaning all the true Christians, unleashed their faith. Contemplate the wonders that would follow. The lives transformed. The powerful moves of God that would sweep through communities. 

Ravenhill wrote, "All the heroes of the faith have not been listed. The greatest exploits of faith have yet to be done." I love that. What if God called us to be faith heroes to pray great exploits of faith into existence? I want to be such a man of prayer and faith. I am betting some of you do as well. There are so many things that God wants accomplished through the avenue of faith filled prayer. I sit here thinking of testimony services where person after person brags on God for what He did and is still doing. It ignites my heart. I yearn to pray greater prayers with larger faith to give God more glory. 

Ravenhill went on to write, "Spiritual faith cannot be kept in a watertight compartment of the mind. Faith gets into the will and into the heart. Faith sets the affections on fire. Spiritual faith can and must ignite ambition - spiritual ambition." God is awakening a stronger belief in Him. A greater spiritual ambition to see His kingdom established. To see souls saved, spiritual awakening spread, revival rule, and darkness to be dominated by the Light of the World - Jesus. God is working to set ablaze a greater passion and devotion for Him. He is stirring a compelling spiritual ambition to believe Him more. Gloriously more. 

Oh that God would not only grow the muscle of our faith, but that He would unleash our faith on this dark, doomed, and dangerous world. May God unleash the faith of the saints to every corner of our society, to touch the most wayward hearts, to reclaim the backslidden and to draw the most rejected and marginalized in our world. 

Faith unleashed by one person can make a difference. So the question comes to me. Are we really praying in faith? I know there have been times when I have and other times when I went through the motions of the exercise of prayer, but did not have the faith to make those prayers live. May God help our unbelief and increase our confidence in Him and His promises. May we pray in a way that we are assured that God hears and longs to answer. 

May God take Spring Creek and unleash our faith on Weatherford and Parker County. May He do the same with your congregation. May we live to see God working as in the days of Acts. I agree with Ravenhill. The greatest exploits of faith are yet to come. May it be so Lord. May it be so.