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How Do I Know if I Am Walking by Faith? (article)

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How Do I Know if I Am Walking by Faith?  by Deep Spirituality


… for we walk by faith, not by sight [living our lives in a manner consistent with our confident belief in God’s promises].



2 Corinthians 5:7 AMP








 
















Walking by faith means living in a way that shows we confidently believe in God’s promises, and this pleases God.


It means we don’t just read passages of the Bible for comfort or reassurance, but we trust them enough to change our daily decisions at work, at school, and in our relationships based on what they say.


As odd as it may sound, it’s very easy to try to live the Christian life without faith, relying on our religious behavior more than our confident belief in God’s promises. Most of the time, we don’t even realize we are doing it, and that’s why we need to reflect regularly on what it means to walk by faith and whether we are truly doing it.



Build your faith with a physical checkup


Test yourselves to make sure you are solid in the faith. Don’t drift along taking everything for granted. Give yourselves regular checkups. You need firsthand evidence, not mere hearsay, that Jesus Christ is in you. Test it out. If you fail the test, do something about it.


2 Corinthians 13:5 MSG



One of the first things we can do if we want to “walk by faith” is to give ourselves a spiritual checkup—like getting a physical before trying out for a sports team. 


Why do we need faith checkups? Because sometimes our faith in God isn’t as strong as we might think, and we don’t realize it. This can happen for many reasons; perhaps life transitions, losses, or other challenges have depleted our faith and made us question God’s care or power. Or perhaps we’ve gotten distracted and stopped nurturing and exercising our faith, so it has started to wither.



Whatever the cause, I learn from the verse above in 2 Corinthians 13 that it’s easy for any of us to start “drifting along” in our faith while not truly believing anything is possible. I’ve been experiencing this lately, and it’s not a fun place to be. I start going through the motions of religion without the exciting experience of seeing mountains move. My unbelief limits the miracles I see in my life, which is what happened to some of the people in Jesus’ hometown:











 

And they were deeply offended and refused to believe in him. Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his own family.” [58] And so he did only a few miracles there because of their unbelief


Matthew 13:57-58 NLT










I don’t think God wants us to live an uninspired, unbelieving, and miracle-less life. He wants to give us a rich and satisfying life (John 10:10), along with the power to do things even greater than Jesus did:











 

“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.


John 14:12 NLT











Wow. This challenges me because it’s not how I’ve been living my life. Faith is really powerful … and that’s why we need to give ourselves faith checkups.











 

Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us.


Romans 12:3 NLT










God wants us to be honest and measure ourselves by how much faith we have. 


Those of us (myself included) who tend to be performance-oriented may start feeling a little tense right now because we think of “testing ourselves” like taking an exam in school, and we fear we might fail.


The goal of faith checkups is to “do something” about the condition of our faith, not to feel bad about ourselves if our faith is weak in any area. Just like having regular doctor’s checkups helps us avoid some painful problems down the road and stay healthy in the long-term, a spiritual checkup can relieve any spots where unbelief is causing us pain and help us experience a rich and satisfying spiritual life for years to come.


So if walking by faith means living our lives with a confident belief in God’s promises, let’s check in on what it means to live by faith in 10 key promises from God in the Bible.