{"id":1777,"date":"2023-03-06T08:40:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebiblicalfoundation.com\/?p=1777"},"modified":"2023-09-14T14:11:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T19:11:38","slug":"how-to-act-on-your-faith-step-by-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebiblicalfoundation.com\/how-to-act-on-your-faith-step-by-step\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Act on Your Faith (Step-by-Step)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To act on your faith means to pray, believing that you have received your answer the moment that you prayed, and then begin to take action, knowing that you have received what you’ve asked for, regardless of what your senses tell you.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them,<\/em> and you will have them.<\/em> (Mark 11:22-24)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this passage, Jesus lays out exactly how we are to act on our faith so throughout this article we are going to be breaking down this passage step by step. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1: Have faith in God <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first step to acting on our faith is to understand where our faith is placed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can have faith in many things. We can have faith in our prayer, we can faith in our righteousness, we can have faith in our own natural ability, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

But Jesus said, “have faith in God.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know this is basic but it must be mentioned because too many times we get caught up in what we were praying or how many people we had praying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All those things are not necessary and they should not be our focus when we go to release and act on our faith. Our only focus should be on the One we are praying to and His ability to show up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 2: Speak to the Mountain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The second step is to speak to the mountain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain<\/strong>, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea’” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of people get hemmed up on this part because they think they have to talk to God about the mountain, but Jesus told us that if we want to act on our faith we don’t talk to God about<\/em> the mountain, but we talk to<\/em> the mountain and tell it what to do in the name of Jesus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is exactly what Jesus did almost every time He performed a miracle. He would speak to the problem. If it was a sickness, demon being cast out, or a storm being tamed, it did not matter He would always speak to the problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He would say things like “Be healed”, “Be cleansed”, “Get up and walk”, “Come out of Him”, “Peace be still”, “Let no fruit eat from you again”, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn’t just Jesus, the apostles did the same thing. When they would heal or cast out demons they would say, “In the name of Jesus of Nazareth, rise up and walk”, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her,” etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every practical example in the New Testament reveals this simple truth; we speak to the mountain in the name of Jesus if we are to truly act on our faith. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we are called to do what Jesus and the Apostles did as Mark 16:15-18<\/a>, John 14:12<\/a>, and Matthew 28:18-20<\/a> say. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I know someone will raise the objection that we are encouraged to ask God for things throughout scripture and, honestly, that isn’t an objection at all, I totally agree with that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when it comes to issues that are in direct opposition to God’s known will, God has given us authority to speak to that mountain and command it to move. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, Jesus even calls this “asking” in Mark chapter 11. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right after Jesus tells us to speak to the mountain and tell it to move, He says, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Therefore<\/strong> I say to you, whatever things you ask<\/strong> when you pray, believe that you receive them,<\/em> and you will have them.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The word “therefore” connects this part of this passage to the beginning when Jesus said, “whoever says to this mountain.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So obeying Jesus and speaking to the mountain, as He told us to, is the same thing as asking Him for the mountain to move in His eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n