Romans 10.17: “So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God”
To grow your faith, read your Bible. Meditate on what you’ve read. Ask God to breath his meaning into you’re meditations. “Let the words of my mouth, and the meditations of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, oh Lord, my strength and my redeemer” (Psalm 19.14).
Memorize passages of the Bible that God “quickens”, or makes alive to you. The principle “faithful in few things: Master over many things” holds true. If he shows you something from his word, don’t let it drop to the ground. Seize it and treat it like the gift from God that it is. If you do, you’ll find that he’ll give you more. If you treat his words like they don’t matter, then you’d be right to not expect more from him.
Pride vs Growing your Faith
We show a picture of a little girl holding a glass of milk for this post. It portrays an immature Christian drinking what the Bible calls the milk of God’s Word. “Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age…” (Hebrews 5.14). Which of those two kinds of Christians are you? A baby who drinks milk or an adult who chews strong meat?
God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble. Be careful that your zeal for becoming a grown-up Christian doesn’t upset growing your faith. Grown-up Christians are characterized less by their ability to chew meat, than by their willingness to drink the milk of God’s Word, no matter how long they’ve been a Christian.
Grow your Faith with Stability
Reuben was Abraham’s firstborn. In Genesis (49.4) we’re told that Reuben was “unstable as water”, and that because of that, Reuben “shall not excel”. Having faith in God requires making a decision to believe him. Being diligent “in season, out of season” means whether you feel like it or not. Decide to believe. Keep on deciding to believe, even when all your senses are telling you not to.