A few years ago, while I was studying for my degree, I received a call from someone who had just checked her exam results. The cutoff for the exam was 180, but she scored 181. She asked me, "Will I be admitted?" I confidently responded, "Yes, you will." Stirring faith in her, I explained to her, “It was possible for you to have scored 179, but God allowed you to score 181 because He wants to do something. In previous years, you passed but weren’t admitted. This time, God wants you to trust Him to make it happen.”
The first admission list was released, but her name wasn’t on it. She was discouraged, but I told her, “Relax, A few weeks later, she checked the next list—and there it was: her name was on it. She had been admitted. That was trust and faith in action.
This reminds me of a Bible story that still sends shivers down the spines of those who hear it—a story that challenges us to trust in God’s power and provision. It’s the remarkable account of Jesus' ability to multiply, seen in the feeding of the 5,000 with only five loaves and two fishes (Matthew 14:16-21). In this miraculous moment, Jesus reveals His awareness of our deepest needs.
When the disciples suggested sending the crowd away, Jesus responded, “They need not depart; give ye them to eat” (Matthew 14:16). He took the loaves and fishes, looked up to heaven, blessed them, broke them, and distributed them among the multitude.
This story shows us Jesus’ awareness of their hunger and His compassion in meeting their needs. In the same way, God is very aware of every challenge we face and knows our hearts’ desire for a miracle. However, the breakthroughs we seek often respond to the faith we place in His Word and consist study in the word grows your faith. "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Romans 10:17).
When Jesus was choosing His disciples, He encountered Simon Peter while he was fishing. In Luke 5:4-5 (KJV), Jesus says, “Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.” Peter replied, “Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net.” This demonstrates that faith requires us to act on God's instructions, even without seeing a visible possibility. It’s not about believing in our own calculations, but in God's capacity to deliver.
When did we start doubting that our challenges could be settled by God? Why did we let the enemy have the last say over our lives? After all, we are more than conquerors—sometimes battered but never destroyed.
To witness God’s work, we need to put our faith into action. Exercised faith is faith that grows. Like an athlete training for victory, faith requires practice. Miracles don’t always come easily; they require us to step intentionally into the victory God has for us. With Him, no challenge is impossible. Friends, trials are opportunities in disguise—moments that allow us to exercise our faith and experience the miraculous.
Exercising our faith brings maturity, inner peace, joy, and prepares us for what’s next.
So, faith up! God stands ready to respond to our faith in His Word, but it won’t happen until we intentionally put our faith to work.
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