God's Appearing

Abraham, till today, is called the father of faith. But to me, he has no faith at all. The only reason he could have faith was because of God's repeated appearing to him again and again. Every time God appeared to him, something would be initiated and accomplished. God's appearing was his one and only source of faith.

Similarly today, as believers, no one really have faith out from his own being. The only source of faith is God Himself. I do not have any faith either. The only reason I can trust in God and have faith in Him is because of His appearing to me time and again and infusing Himself into me. The more one receives the appearing of God, the more of God is infused into him and that infused element of God in him becomes the believing element, faith. This is how one has faith, if he has it at all.

Two weeks ago I was so enlightened by this point of God's appearing. It also became my prophesy on the prophesying meeting on the Lord's day. But the question is, "How can we have God's appearing?" Of course, it would be a folly to expect the physical appearing of God as in the days of old, the old testament time. However, the principle of God's appearing still holds true till today, and even unto eternity.  In my subjective experience, God appears to us in many ways, in fact, in the ways we can see Him the best. God appears to us in our time with the Lord, in coming to the Word, in the church meeting, in fellowship, and many other ways. We only need a discerning spirit to discern rightly the appearing of God.

Many a times while on my knees, the Lord appeared to me. This description is beyond human utterance. I only knew it for sure what God was intimately fellowshipping with me. When in spirit I can discern the spiritual things. Often I would kneel before Him with my queries, and after thorough prayer over it, the answer was instantaneous. This intimate fellowship with the Lord infused more of God into me and that becomes my believing element of faith. The more I see Him in His appearing to me, the more I gain Him and my faith increases.

As much as I read the Word of God too, the Lord speaks through the word. Many times the logos became the rhema to me, and God's speaking in His Word became my faith. The Bible is a guaranteed legal  and formal document of God's confirmation on many matters related to my life and His purpose. Everyday as I come to the word, my faith grows. So the word is a good source of gaining faith too.

Also in fellowship with the saints, in big meetings and small ones too, and in one one one fellowship too, something of God would be dispensed and infused into me, depositing in me the element of faith. The fellowship may be small or big in scale or in time duration, but God sure does impart something of God into me.

In fact, there are many ways God can appear to us and to receive God's appearing, one must be exercised to come to the word daily, spent time regularly in prayer and attend as many meetings and fellowships as possible. These are the ways and means through which God appears to us and infuses Himself into us to be our faith.

Lord, appear to me daily by all means and through all ways; and be my faith.