Increase My Faith – Part 7: Faith That Believes God When It’s Over!
FAITH THAT BELIEVES GOD WHEN IT’S OVERFaith grows strongest at the point where human strength ends. When we declare, “It’s over,” God often says, “Now I can begin.” The disciples prayed, “Lord, increase our faith,” and Jesus taught that even mustard-seed faith can uproot what looks immovable. God specializes in stepping in when we reach a dead end. As long as we still have options, our faith is not fully activated. Our exhaustion, limitations, and closed doors become the very platforms where God displays His power. Scripture does not deny affliction but promises deliverance and a weight of glory that works through every challenge.1. Repeat What Didn’t Work the First TimeIn Luke 5, Peter and the disciples had finished an unsuccessful night of fishing. Their campaign was over, the nets were cleaned, and they were discouraged. Yet Jesus told them to let down the nets again—an instruction that sounded insane and illogical. Faith is revealed when God asks us to revisit what has failed. The world’s cliché says, “Doing the same thing expecting different results is insanity,” but faith says, “Nevertheless, at Your word.” Peter’s obedience brought miraculous abundance because Jesus, the Creator of fish, stepped into the situation. Faith follows God’s word, not human instinct.2. Come Out From Hiding—Everyone Is Counting on YouGideon believed it was over for Israel. He felt small, inferior, and unqualified, hiding from the Midianites while questioning God’s presence. Yet God called him “mighty man of valor.” God often chooses the overlooked, insecure, and hidden to accomplish His extraordinary plans. His strategies do not follow human reasoning. He sees strength where we see weakness and potential where we see failure. Many believers disqualify themselves with labels like “unloved,” “poor,” or “defeated,” while God calls them victorious and mighty. Faith begins when we agree with God’s identity for us and step out of hiding.3. Good as DeadHebrews 11:12 says Abraham was “as good as dead,” yet through him God produced descendants as numerous as the stars. Abraham had reached an age where dreams of fatherhood were naturally impossible. He had even accepted Eliezer and later Ishmael as substitutes for the promise. Yet God revived what looked permanently closed. Human standards say “too late,” but God’s standards release new beginnings at any age. From childhood to old age, every life stage is a platform for God’s purpose. No age, condition, or delay can cancel God’s plan. Dead dreams, dead seasons, and dead opportunities can be resurrected by God’s power.Conclusion: Dead in Our TrespassesJust as God revived Abraham’s dead situation, He revived us spiritually. We were dead in sins, without hope or strength, but God made us alive with Christ. If God resurrected our spirits, He can resurrect anything in our lives—purpose, faith, opportunities, relationships, or dreams. He brings life where humans see death and fulfillment where we see endings. When it looks over, God is often just getting started. This is the faith that believes God in the impossible.
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