Increase Our Faith

Do you believe your faith is big enough? Do you ever wonder if you need to work on your faith? Does it feel as though your faith is too little, too late? How much faith do you think you need to be faithful? How much faith does it take to move mountains? Ever thought about it?

Our faith is no small thing. In fact, it is a big deal. But that doesn’t mean our faith is always as strong as it should be. Strengthening or increasing our faith is work, but we don’t do it alone. God helps us strengthen our faith if we ask. For he desires that we have a strong faith.

Our faith is being battled for. Jesus desires us to put our faith in Him. Satan fights tooth and nail to keep us from having faith, though he doesn’t care if we believe in God. Why? Even Satan believes in God. He is also fearful of and angry with God because he knows God has already won the war. It is not a matter of Satan winning but how many he can take down with him.

So, it is a good thing that the apostles ask Jesus to increase their faith. Think about that for just a moment. By the time they make this request, they have been with Jesus for a couple years. They have seen miracles. And yet, they ask that their faith be increased. They have come to the realization that their faith is not as strong as it should be.

If the apostles, who spent three years with Jesus in person, thought they needed Him to increase their faith, how much more should we be asking Him to increase ours? We have not seen Him in the flesh, witnessed Him perform miracles, nor heard Him teach the crowds. Our belief and faith are based on what we read in the Bible and the teaching done by pastors and theologians. Though those are not insignificant, they are not the same as physically seeing Jesus.

I pray we all realize we need to increase our faith. I pray we trust that Jesus can help us increase our faith. I pray each one of us will ask Jesus to increase our faith and seek to do the work He has set before us. Increase your faith. Ask Jesus to increase your faith. Trust that He will. Use your faith to do the works He has set before you.

Luke 17:5-6 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” The Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree”, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.”