Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
Faith is the foot of the soul by which it can march along the road of
the commandments.
Love can make the feet move more swiftly; but faith is
the foot which carries the soul.
Faith is the oil enabling the wheels
of holy devotion and of earnest piety to move well...
And without faith
the wheels are taken from the chariot, and we drag heavily.
With faith I
can do all things...
Without faith I shall neither have the inclination
nor the power to do anything in the service of God.
If you would find the men who serve God the best, you must look for the
men of the most faith.
Little faith will save a man, but little faith
cannot do great things for God.
Poor Little-faith could not have fought
"Apollyon;" it needed "Christian" to do that.
Poor Little-faith could
not have slain "Giant Despair;" it required "Great-heart's" arm to knock
that monster down.
Little faith will go to heaven
most certainly, but it often has to hide itself in a nut-shell, and it
frequently loses all but its jewels.
Little-faith says, "It is a rough
road, beset with sharp thorns, and full of dangers; I am afraid to go;"...
But Great-faith remembers the promise, "Thy shoes shall be iron and
brass; as thy days, so shall thy strength be:"
And so she boldly
ventures. Little-faith stands desponding, mingling her tears with the
flood...
But Great-faith sings, "When thou passest through the waters, I
will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow
thee:" and she fords the stream at once.
Would you be comfortable and happy?
Would you enjoy religion?
Would you have the religion of cheerfulness and not that of gloom?...
Then
"have faith in God."
If you love darkness, and are satisfied to dwell
in gloom and misery, then be content with little faith...
But if you love
the sunshine, and would sing songs of rejoicing, covet earnestly this
best gift, "great faith."
~Charles Spurgeon~
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