Have Some of Faith

Faith is a strong belief or confidence in someone or something. You probably hear that you should have faith all of the time. What does it mean to you to faith?

I want to take a quick peak at three verses from Matthew and how a little bit of faith can save you. Throughout the gospels there are so many stories about Jesus healing and him performing all of the miraculous things that he did. This particular story really stood out to me more than a lot of the other stories did about Jesus's healing of the sick and ill.

Matthew 9:20-22: Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the edge of His cloak. She said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed." Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed at that moment.

This passage sticks out to me because of the woman. She had faith that if she only touched Jesus' cloak that she would be healed. She was confident and had a strong belief that she would be healed. She reached out and touched it and Jesus looked at her and said, "Take heart daughter, your faith has healed you." How powerful is that? I would love to have faith so great that God would look at me and tell me that my faith in him has healed me and changed my life. I think this verse goes beyond just having faith in Jesus' healing. I believe you can apply it to having faith in God during all circumstances and in all areas of your life.

I believe that sometimes we have faith in Jesus but we don't act on it. For instance, driving home from church this morning, I saw this lady outside shoveling snow in her driveway. She looked tired and exhausted and like she could use a helping hand. Driving past I felt God telling me that I should help her. I wish I could tell you that I did, but I didn't...I kept on driving. I had faith that what God was telling me to do was the right thing and that it would've made her day but I didn't act upon it. For that, I feel bad and I know that I missed out on an opportunity to love others just at Jesus did. My main point is that the lady from the verses, who had been bleeding for twelve years, had faith that Jesus would heal her, reached out her hand, touched his cloak and she was healed. Simply amazing. God is right there. Have faith in the amazing things that he has done in your life and will continue to do until your time comes. Take action in faith and watch God work. Remember: faith without works is dead. A person is considered righteous not by faith but what they do. So if you have faith, do something about it!

I found this verse in Habakkuk earlier this afternoon. If this doesn't motivate you to have faith, I honestly don't know what else will.

"For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told."

If a lady who was bleeding for twelve years had faith in Jesus to heal her and took action about it, I believe that you who are healthy and blessed can do the same thing.