How Faith is Strengthened

"For Abraham, when hope was gone, hoped on in faith, His faith never quailed." (Rom. 4:18-19)

George Mueller, who ran the orphanage in Bristol and who is known as a man of great faith, once answered a man who asked him the best way to have strong faith. "The only way to learn strong faith is to endure great trials. I have learned my faith by standing firm amid severe testings." When everything else fails in your life, trust God. When all source of worldly hope is gone, hope on in faith.

An unknown to me person once said, "Great faith must have great trials." If you are enduring great trials, rely on God, and He will strengthen your resolve, your hope, your trust, your faith. In the greatest difficultlies you will discover how great and how awesome God really is. Consider Abraham, an old man. When he relied on the flesh it produced Ishamael and a whole multitude of descendents that continue to this day to create problems. When he relied on God, he bore a son through Sarah even when she was too old by the world's standards to have a child. When all else fails, hope in God.