Am I Demonstrating Faith?

Luke 18:8… the red letter words of Jesus… and He asks this question, “… when the Son of Man returns, how many will He find on the earth who have faith?”

Faith.

Defined here would be = belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.

And according to this verse it would appear that Jesus’ chief concern was and is faith.

Will He find faith when He returns?

Our returning Lord seems to say that He is in full disregard of treasures or riches or skill or knowledge.  He seems to be less interested in religiosity, political involvement, or personal advancement… even with ministerial devotion and acts of goodwill and service involving self-sacrifice.

Our Jesus says, “Will it be faith I will find when I return?”

And so maybe because it was a question He posed to His followers, it is to become one I pose to myself.

And often.

Because sometimes faith is a minute-by-minute matter.
In one moment I can appear to have an incredible amount of faith.  And in another I can seem to be coming undone by doubt and unbelief.

The sick boy’s father gives us an example of honest prayer.
“The father instantly cried out, ‘I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!’”  (Mark 9:24)

And we’ve all been there.
I sure know I have.

And so it must become my prayer, too.  “Help me in my unbelief!”
The conversation must consist of true and honest humility and honesty.
“Lord I do believe.  I do have faith.  But I am struggling here.  I need Your help!  I am in desperation for Your supernatural strength!  If Your greatest concern seems to be faithlessness in Your people, then I search for ways to increase my faith here and now.”

You and I must boldly enter in to the impossibilities of life with the question ever before us, ‘Am I demonstrating faith here?’

This question Jesus asks of us is an invitation.
He invites us to watchfulness over our faith.
He challenges us to demonstrate great amounts of faith so that when He returns to the earth we can hear the words, “Well done.”

The world needs the faithfulness of Christ-followers who seek always to invade the realms of darkness with hope and expectation.

It’s time we ask ourselves, “Am I demonstrating faith here?”
It’s a measurable question that begs an answer.
It truly is one of the greatest questions we will ever seek to have answered about ourselves.