7believes all things, [simple_tooltip content=’1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.’](1 Corinthians 13:1-13)[/simple_tooltip]
Did you know that God’s love produces faith? [simple_tooltip content=’For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.’]Galatians 5:6[/simple_tooltip] says that faith works by love. When we experience the love God has for us, faith comes as a natural by-product. If we are struggling to walk in faith, we are actually failing to stay focused on the infinite love God has for us. If God Almighty is for us, who or what can be against us? [simple_tooltip content=’What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?’](Rom. 8:31)[/simple_tooltip]
A young child in their father’s arms isn’t worried about anything. They trust their father completely and don’t have a care in the world. They don’t struggle to believe for their meals, clothes, or future needs. Their loving father takes care of it all. That’s the exact comparison Jesus made to encourage us to trust God for our needs [simple_tooltip content=’11 If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish?
12 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”’](Luke 11:11-13)[/simple_tooltip]. A loving relationship with our heavenly Father is the key to a life of faith. If we have a problem trusting God in any area of our lives, that is an indicator that something is wrong.
When the warning light on the dash of your car flashes, you don’t disconnect the warning light. Instead, you fix the problem that caused the light to come on in the first place. Then the light will automatically shut off. Likewise, a lack of faith is a warning light that indicates you aren’t properly focused on the love of God.
If you want more faith to believe God today, attend to the place of intimacy with Him, where you are fully aware of His great love for you. Then your faith will be so abundant that you will just naturally believe all things.
