FAITH CAPSULE: Growing in aith should be a continuous process.

Acts 13:1-15

It is written, “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” (Romans 10:17) Having faith in God; to be living by the word of God only come to man by hearing and hearing by the word. Faith does not come by accident and no man is born with faith. If faith comes to man by hearing as stated in the word of God, faith will also depart from man when there is failure to hear and hear by the word. When it comes to growing in faith, no man should boast or consider self to have arrived. Growing in faith should be a continuous process.
The level of a believer’s faith is not and should never be determined by a believer’s length of time in the church. Also, it should not be determined by title by which a believer answers to in the church. Some believers embrace the word of faith within a reasonable short period but the level of faith that is generated through them cannot be compared to some that have been in the church for years. As an acclaimed believer, are you paying attention to your growth in the word of faith? Faith is what determines what one can do or what one cannot do when it comes to engaging the challenges in the journey of life.Hearing and hearing by the word of God becomes of one through studying the word of God. Listening to teachers of the word is another source of hearing and hearing the word of God.
What is it that is turning you away from engaging the source of faith? Paul, the Apostle, in one of his journeys brought to light a possible source of being turned away from growing in faith. The bible states, “Now when they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus, who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man called for Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. But Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.” (Acts 13:6-8) Elymas, the sorcerer, was on a mission to turn away the proconsul that sought Barnabas and Saul from hearing the word that could activate his faith. Identify any representative of Elymas in your life by turning away from Elymas before he turns you away from the word of faith. Paul responded to Elymas in Acts 13: 10, “…and said, ‘O full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?’”Clearly, any agent of deceit should be denied from assessing one’s life.

Prayer for today: Ask the Lord to terminate every representative of Elymas in your life.