In natural matters, it follows evidence and is impossible without it, but in the realm of the spirit faith precedes understanding; it does not follow it. The natural man must know in order to believe; the spiritual man must believe in order to know. (Tozer)
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved."
So why do believers ask God to grant them MORE faith even after they have already confessed with their mouths?
Because in their hearts there yet remain traces of doubt. They believe in theory but they doubt in practice. For if they "truly loved him, they would obey His commandments, know the truth, and be set free."
Only then does faith multiply. After we have believed to begin with. God won't move in our lives and requests, supplications and prayers until we show Him that we really mean what we ask for. After all, what purpose would there be in God granting us our requests only to have us go back to square one? That is why it is imperative to ask earnestly, repeatedly, time-after-time knowing that God is a good God and that "no good thing does He withhold from him whose walk is blameless".
If we want transformation, we must not only seek it-in obeying-but also expect it-in faith.
Brothers and sisters, dont GIVE UP on your requests just because God didnt answer it on the next day.
He may not come when you call....but He's always on time.
Up until the Holy Spirit, "graciously causes the elect sinner to cooperate, to believe, to repent, to come freely and willingly to Christ" it's good to remember that "it is by grace you have been saved, through faith." We must learn to be FULLY dependent upon the Grace of God and remember that even Paul had a request denied. This means that God is the one who chooses what to deliver us from and when.
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