Faith is a gift, not a responsibility.

Among Christian circles, I often hear people saying that we need to "have more faith", which is a very true conclusion.  However, I think all too often we take it upon ourselves to somehow imagine that we believe something that we really don't. The truth is, faith is just one more thing, like everything else, that we can't do on our own.  It says in Hebrews that, "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." (NASB)

That assurance is not something we can obtain by our own strength. God really showed me during my time in Thailand that faith is a gift. At the beginning of the month, I asked Him for more faith although I was quite unsure what His answer to that would look/feel like. But as always, He was so faithful. I found myself having that assurance for things--that complete conviction of things I can't see. The gift of faith makes trusting so much easier.  Trusting God is so much simpler when I am convinced of things outside of my 5 senses--things I only can know by the Spirit. 

So I challenge you to ask big. Ask God for faith like you've never had before and just see what He will do.