Eyes of Faith – Part 3

And Elijah said to his servant, "Go now, and take a look in the direction of the sea." And he went up, and after looking said, "There is nothing." And Elijah said, Go again seven times; and he went seven times. I Kings 18:43

If you are thinking because of your sins, God is not answering your prayers, then confess your sins and ask forgiveness and God will forgive you. If you say that you have asked forgiveness, but God is not forgiving you, then you don't know the love of God. You don't know the complete truth about God, that His mercy is greater than His judgement, hence you are not able to have faith on God. Thus you are not able to believe in God for forgiveness. Forgiveness is nothing but believing that God has forgiven you when you have confessed your sins, with a repentant heart and you mean that you are sorry. God immediately forgives you. But when we don't have faith, we tend to think that God has not forgiven you.

If God will answer your prayers immediately after you ask forgiveness then you will believe that God has forgiven you. Basically you are asking God to prove that He has forgiven you. We have sinned and we have missed God, yet, we ask God to prove Himself. Which is wrong. It means you are looking at your situations to believe in God. That is not eyes of Faith. It is the natural eyes looking for natural things as proof. God wants you to trust in His word and His love. Trust Him for who He is.

Don't depend on your natural situations to believe God. Its should be the other way round. You should look at God's word and then believe the situation to change. When God said, heaven and earth will pass away and His word will never pass away, He was saying, "Everything of the natural is not permanent, it is temporary, but His word is permanent and His word can change the temporary to work for you. Thats why hearing and reading God's word and His messages and meditating upon it is very important. During the day, take an inventory of your thoughts. You will then see that all is negative or baseless. Then you will realize that its not from God. Hence you ought to discard those thoughts and discipline your mind to think right. Read God's word daily and meditate upon in every moment. This will build your faith. This will open your eyes of faith. This will give you clear vision of the faith realm. Trusting in God is very important. God bless you

– Jimsen & Sneha