As powerful and rewarding as prayer, fasting, giving, and any good works are, if they’re not done in faith (in doubt) or if you don’t believe you should do them and you do them anyway, THEY BECOME SIN TO YOU FOR DOING THEM. Why? Because faithlessness brings doubt, and doubt displeases God (James 1:6-8). For instance, if you don’t believe in tithing or you believe it’s not needful, but you do it because it’s always preached or for any other reason, you’re committing sin. And when you think you’ve dropped money, it’s counted against you as sin. This is one of the reason many person has not seen the benefit of tithing.
Romans 14:23 AMP says
…Whatever is not from faith is sin [whatever is done with doubt is sinful]
The word “Whatever” used above means “anything”. So, prayer done without faith is sin; seed or giving done without faith is sin; fasting done without faith is sin; worship done without faith is sin; love expressed without faith is sin; help rendered without faith is sin; soul winning done without faith is sin; humility done without faith is sin; honor given without faith is sin.
No wonder the bible says “without faith it’s impossible to please God (Heb 11:6)”. That means each time we do anything without faith and think we’ve pleased God, we’ve only succeeded in SINNING and DISPLEASING HIM instead.
Anytime we want to do anything therefore, and we discover our faith for that thing is lacking, It is beneficial to us to first pause, and try to analyze what could be the reason for the lack of faith. Lack of faith could be caused by many things. It could come from the devil trying to manipulate our minds, or from unpleasant experience, or lack of understanding, sin, guilt or disobedience. Any of these factors could cause lack of faith.
Once you locate the root cause of the lack of faith, first deal with it until you have faith for that thing before you proceed. AND DON’T JUST QUIT DOING WHAT’S GOOD OR NEEDFUL BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE FAITH FOR IT. YOU WILL DO YOURSELF A GREAT DISFAVOR IF YOU ALLOW THAT MINDSET. FOR INSTANCE, YOU DON’T JUST GIVE UP PRAYING, FASTING OR GIVING BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE FAITH. INSTEAD, ANALYZE WHY THE FAITH IS NOT THERE AND DEAL WITH IT UNTIL YOU HAVE FAITH FOR THAT THING, THEN CONTINUE. And of you must do that thing, keep asking God to help your unbelief and also take practical steps to deal with that unbelief.
If you relate with God this way, you will always please God and get rewarded from every actions. May the Lord grant us more understanding in Jesus name, amen!
Posted by: Taiwo Divine
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