The Object of Believing

Dearly beloved, what is “faith”? “Faith” is the Greek word pistis. It is a noun. The verb form is pisteuo, which means, “to believe.”

Even though these two words come from the same root in the Greek, you could not tell it by the English translation. The word “faith” means the same as the word “believe”; they are interchangeable. Faith or believing is to have trust and confidence that God will perform His Word.

God is responsible for bringing His Word to pass as He said He would. Our responsibility is to take God at His Word; to believe what He says.

There is power in believing because we are putting our trust and confidence in a Living God, that is able and willing to perform His Word. Believing says that God is all-powerful, and He is faithful to keep His Word.

God is the object of our believing. It is not to bring things to pass by our positive thinking. We are not the object of faith; God is. He performs His Word as we believe Him.

When we believe God, we are in a very advantageous position; we are standing in the presence of the Living God and He stands with us.

God is faithful to perform His Word in our lives as He promises. To receive His promises, we must believe that God is able and willing to fulfill it. How do we get “faith”?

“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:17

If we are to have faith or believing, we must hear the Word of God. The Word of God builds believing.

The Word of God teaches us what is available from God; it expresses His Will. Believing God’s Word is how we receive the things of God.

Abraham provides us with a wonderful example of believing the Word of God.

"He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform." Romans 4:20 and 21

Abraham became an example of believing God because he was fully persuaded; he completely trusted that God was God was able and willing to perform His Word as He promised. He believed God’s promise despite what his five senses told him about his circumstances.

He was about 100 years old and Sarah, his wife, was well past the age of child bearing (she was 90) and barren, yet God fulfilled His promise of a son to him.

The circumstances said that this hope was beyond all human expectation, but God performed His Word as He promised because Abraham took God at His Word. He believed the promise that God made him even though it contradicted the reality that they were old, Sarah was infertile, and they were childless. He did not stagger at God’s promise to him - he was fully persuaded that God was able to perform what He promised.

Believing God’s Word is the key to receiving what He promises. Believing is to have trust and confidence that God will perform His Word; therefore, we believe it.

The object of our believing is the Word and Will of God; that He is all powerful and faithful to perform His Word.

For example, if God’s Word says, “But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus”, that settles it. We move forward in our lives with trust and confidence that God will perform His Word as He promised.

Dearly beloved, God expects us to respond to His Word by believing it. Believing is our responsibility. God is responsible for bringing His Word to pass. He is responsible for providing the outcomes that He promises. He is the object of our believing.