How Much Faith is Enough
From Sunday Morning
by Ken James on February 02, 2015
Sometimes in our walk with God, we may find ourselves comparing our level of faith to another person’s faith. Through comparison, we may determine we have a “faith” deficiency, and therefore, begin to feel sorry for ourselves, and take less steps in faith than we should.
Scripture tells us in II Corinthians 10:12, if we compare ourselves to others, we are not wise. Instead of comparing ourselves to others, we need to compare ourselves to Jesus—look to the Word of God. Our faith must be in alignment to what Jesus outlines in Scriptures. We have many great examples to follow.
In Scripture, we can read about exemplary faith in the story of two blind men found in Matthew 9:26–31. Three miracles had just taken place at the hand of Jesus prior to this Scripture setting; therefore, people had heard about these miracles, including the two blind men. As Jesus exited the door of a house, the two blind men were there waiting for Him.
Matthew 9:27 tells us that the two men followed Jesus and cried out to Him, but Jesus didn’t acknowledge them right away. Jesus continued on His course, headed to another house, and all the while the men cried out to Jesus, asking for mercy. Even though Jesus didn’t say anything to them, they still continued with their plight, vying for Jesus’ attention. They had a spirit of desperation—they didn’t care what anyone thought about them, who heard their cries, or how long they had to cry out. They were just tired of being blind men.
We need to get to a place in our life when we realize how much we need God in our life, and how much we may need Him to complete a miracle for us. We need to lay hold of that same spirit of desperation and cry out to Jesus. We need to make up our minds that we will do anything to get a change in our life. We need to exercise enough faith to press through regardless of circumstances, regardless of the outcome, regardless of what we even may feel could be the outcome. We just need faith that God is going to do a work.
Jesus was walking from one house to another (Matthew 9:27–28), and the blind men followed Him the entire way. They had no idea where Jesus was walking, but they pressed on through every obstacle. They had faith enough to know if they continued forward, Jesus would meet their need. The blind men had a spirit of importunity—a spirit of making a persistent request. They continued to reach out despite all odds.
Just like the blind men, we too need to press on and have the faith that God will meet our need. If our situation is faced with a closed door, we need to press through, be persistent in our knocking, keep going until we get an answer from God! God may just want to see if we have what it takes to “press through” our situation, if we have enough “faith” for Him to work.
Once Jesus arrived at the house, He asked the two men, “Believe ye that I am able to do this?” (Matthew 9:28, KJV). Jesus didn’t doubt their faith, but was asking if they entrusted Him with their need. Were they willing to give Him their need and allow Him to work? We need to ask ourselves if we are willing to go from being hands on to hands off. Are we willing to lay our need on the altar and leave it there for Him to take care of it?
The two blind men said, “Yea, Lord” (Matthew 9:28, KJV), and Scripture tells us that their eyes were opened. When we ask for something, and exercise faith, God will be waiting to meet that need. He is willing to meet our need today.
Faith was the catalyst for the miracle that day. Jesus told the bind men, “According to your faith be it unto you” (Matthew 9:29, KJV). Jesus didn’t address the amount of faith, He just addressed the ownership of the faith—it was their faith. Matthew 17:20 says:
…For verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you (KJV).
When we exercise faith, and pray, God will set in motion the things to transpire to meet our need. We don’t have to possess a mountain of faith for God to work miracles in our life; we just need it! God has given every man a measure of faith (Romans 12:3); we just need to use it.
