Levels of Faith

Faith is something given to us by God. It’s confidence in God and His ability to lead and guide us. A measure of faith is given to us, and it’s our responsibility to nurture that faith through spending time with God and building a relationship with Him. Without faith, we can’t please God (Hebrews 11:6).  

We see some examples of great faith in the Bible. When the Centurion asked Jesus to heal his sick child, he said, “Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!” (Matthew 8:8-10) Great faith allows God to move unrestricted in our lives.

Unwavering faith is unbendable. It’s believing God even when the situation doesn’t seem fixable.  Hebrews 10:23 says, “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.” God wants us to have unwavering faith – to believe he will answer our prayers and requests before seeing the results. Abraham’s faith could have wavered since he and Sarah were old in age, but “He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform” (Rom 4:20-21).

Sometimes, dire situations can test our faith or reveal where our faith is lacking. Jesus and the disciples were crossing the sea of Galilee when suddenly, a great windstorm arose. The disciples woke Him up saying, Rabbi, do you not care that we are perishing? Jesus stood up and rebuked the wind and ordered the sea to be calm. Then He said to them: “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” The disciples allowed the fear of the situation to cloud their faith.

God wants us to have faith in all circumstances, not just when things look great. The real test is when we are in the storm, whether it be in our relationships, our health, finances, etc. Even when we can’t see a way out, we can have faith that God will work it out. “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”