All Things Are Possible - Sept 2025
“I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.” – Luke 7:9
In last month’s blog we saw we should live a lifestyle of faith. 2 Corinthians 5:7 says, “We walk by faith, not by sight.” In order to live this lifestyle of faith we must understand that the natural things in this world are temporary and subject to change. But God’s Word is eternal and never changes. It is something we can trust, depend on, and have faith in.
When we put our faith in the eternal, never changing Word of God the power in that word will change things in the natural realm. The spirit realm is called supernatural because it supersedes the natural realm. It’s laws take precedent. For example the natural law that prevented Peter from walking on water was superseded by the words of Jesus, “Come.” (Matthew 14:29)
This month I want you to see that there is great faith and little faith. Jesus used those words to describe the centurion in Luke 7 and Peter in Matthew 14. But instead of comparing the two I would like to focus more on the great faith and see what we can do to have it.
Romans 10:17 tells us clearly that “faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” This is the only way to increase our faith. We must spend time hearing or reading God’s Word for our faith to increase. But increasing our faith is not all there is to great faith. Let me show you what I mean.
In James’ epistle he says it this way, “Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone” (2:17). He says you can have faith (it has increased by hearing the Word) but it still be dead (no life, no power, useless). What makes it dead? No corresponding action. James says it this way earlier in the first chapter. “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”
Do you see it? A person can spend all day hearing the Word but if he never acts like the Word is true his faith will remain lifeless. He is deceiving himself. So the first key to having great faith is to hear the Word. The second key is acting on the Word. For the third key let’s look at our example of the centurion.
In Luke 7:9 Jesus said about the faith of the centurion, “I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.” What made this man’s faith great? First of all he only needed for Jesus to say his servant was healed for him to believe it. He needed to hear the Word.
Many times people will read a promise in the Word and before they will believe it they are looking for something in the natural realm to confirm the Word they just heard. (Think doubting Thomas). This man chose to believe it without a sign, a lightning flash, or thunder. His faith said, “say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.” (vs7) So this shows the first key we have said earlier, hear the Word.
But why was it important that this centurion hear Jesus say his servant was healed? He explains, “I also am a man set under authority …” (vs. 8). He understood Jesus had authority over sickness. He knew, from either seeing Him before or hearing testimonies, if Jesus spoke to sickness it had to obey.
This brings us to our third key to great faith. We must believe the Word God gives us is the final authority over that situation. When we believe God’s Word is final authority we can act like His Word is true. Having corresponding actions to our faith is no big deal because we know the power of His Word.
So the three keys to having great faith are these. #1 – Hear the Word of God. #2 – Act like His Word is true. #3 – Believe God’s Word is the final authority over our situation. If you will put these steps to work, you will see God move in a miraculous way in your life.