THE CONCRETE VOICE OF FAITH

It is of great importance that I make clear to you one major characteristic of faith and that is the fact that it has a voice and a concrete one at that. According to John 10vs3-5, only those who have chosen to live in the fold of the faith-full understands and follows it.

On the other hand, there are so many other

The voice of faith is not argumentative but infallible in authority and concrete in its declarations.

 voices contending for our attention to the extent that we neglect the needful voice. Those other voices are of the devil and his forces that have to do nothing but to steal, kill and destroy us, John 10vs10. It is therefore of utmost important that we know and get used to the voice of faith and of course, what differentiates them from other voices.

However in this chapter, I will be discussing the concrete voice of faith. The rigidity of the voice you hear is the acid test for that of faith. How much power is backing the voice. In John 10vs5, Jesus says

“And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him, for they know not the voice of strangers”

The voice of faith is so concrete that no other voice will attract its carrier. In fact they flee other voices because once it has no concrete; it’s that of the stranger, the devil. For instance,

The voice of faith is a shield against the vices of the devil.

 one of the voices of the stranger is youthful lust, 2Timothy 2vs22. Unfortunately, the enemy as successfully kidnapped and destroyed many youths up till date because of our ignorance of this vice of the devil.

Moreover, for something to be concrete or rigid means to be solid, rock hard or immovable regardless of the force applied. Now, whatever stumbles on anything concrete scatters and whatever anything concrete rolls over is ground to dust. But to drive down my points, do permit me to share with you from the bible two incidents where the concrete voice of faith was heard.

At a time, in a particular country Jesus in the course of His ministry, He was welcomed by a mad man in whom a legion of demons lived and tormented him. He never said a word before

The stronger your voice of faith, the more exploits you can do and the more relevant you will be on earth.

they bowed to Him and actually requested a type of judgement for themselves and all He answered was “GO” Matthew 8vs32.

On another occasion, He was crossing a river with His disciples in a ship to go and preach on the other side of that river. Haven travelled some distance, a storm arose beyond the control of the sailor and Jesus was in the lower deck sleeping. The storm defied all attempts to calm it. They resolved to waking up Jesus, He came up and simply said “Peace be still”, Mark 4vs39.

However, one thing that characterized both incidents was the instant results that followed. When the voice of faith sounds, following will be “and immediately” Mark 2vs12. The voice of faith is not argumentative but infallible in authority and concrete in its declarations. Jesus said,

“If the son shall make you free, ye are free indeed” John 8vs36

It speaks perfection, wholeness and not just wellness, not just enough but more than enough, John 10vs10.

In conclusion, the stronger your voice of faith, the more exploits you can do and the more relevant you will be on earth. However, you will make your voice more concrete by a continuous quality intake of God’s word as I have said earlier and your presence alone will make the devil bow to you let alone your bold declarations. The voice of faith is a shield against the vices of the devil. Move into that realm now in Jesus name, Amen!