FAITH ALWAYS PERFORMS | Luke

For about 7 years, I was software engineer in a great leadership institute. Great, because the institute has produced several great people. One of them is our Vice President. Though I was a junior staff, that job role taught me one huge lesson: Big things can be controlled by relatively small people, with God's grace.

In those days, i'll find myself locked away into a room writing codes that determine the activities of everyone in the organization. These softwares determine the success or failure of operations of all students and staff. And these are no ordinary people, they are captains of industries, anointed men of God, and renowned people in the Country and beyond. But I was always confident of one thing. No matter how complex the problems look, my codes always work. The organization always smiles at the output, and I was always confident and fulfilled, the softwares I have built, always perform according to expectation.

Faith is failure proof, it always works. In Luke 1:34, Mary was amazed and curious as to how she will be the one to bear the Lord Jesus. In her curiosity (and perhaps doubt), she said "How will these things be?" The angel explained the exact process, and then told her: With God, nothing shall be imposssible. Immediately Mary said: "(Okay angel), Be it unto me according to Your word" (Luke 1:38). But she visited Her cousin Elizabeth who reminded her in verse 45 that the performance of that word is a function of her faith in God's word. Jesus confirms that in Matt 9:29 - Be it unto you according to your faith. So, faith performs only when you believe in God's word.

But faith isn't magic either, it's not just 'claim and get'. It's a process, and it's hard work. It's the labour (in God's word) that you need to engage in, so you can enter into God's rest, according to Heb 4:11. That scriptures tells us that if you don't labour, you will fall into unbelief! You alone can fast track the process, but faith always performs. It will perform for you today in Jesus Name. Amen.