Faith of God

There is faith, and then there is faith. Often, our experience with God and His Word enables us to operate as “routine” in kingdom authority and power. In other words, we operate at a level of faith developed over time, which is good and effective in many situations. However, faith to “move mountains” requires a faith that is beyond our experience and level of understanding of God’s Word—we need the faith of God. A few years ago, I prayed for a desperate woman. Many people were healed of various conditions that night as the team and I prayed for them. As the evening wore on, I began to tire, and my legs ached from standing for hours. At the end, I had just one more person to pray for, and I would be done for the night. That last person was a young woman, perhaps in her late twenties, who limped up to me for prayer. She had patiently waited for hours during the meeting to receive prayer for healing. She was desperate—she needed a miracle. I asked her what had happened. She explained that she had been in an auto accident the year before, which had severely damaged her right knee. Even with reconstructive surgery, she was in constant pain and had limited mobility in the knee. I had her sit on a chair, and I began to pray. After several minutes of prayer, her condition had not changed. With intense, piercing eyes and a look of desperation unlike any I had seen, she said to me, “Please, if you can do anything, help me!” My heart melted with compassion for her, and I thought to myself, I can’t do anything, but God can. Lord, she needs a miracle, and I need your faith!