The Dispositions Faith Takes

Heb 11:1 Now faith is the SUBSTANCE of things hoped for, the EVIDENCE of things not seen.

Your posture, body language, attitude, the steps you take, the sacrifices you make, even the quality of your praise shows just as much faith you are walking in.

Even the bunch you decide to hang around with reveals to a large extent your faith towards God and His Word.

I will dare say that our disposition regards to the Word reveals the depth of our faith.

Faith is a substance, and substance here talks about something concrete and tangible; an assurance if you will; an evidence. If it isn't firm on your inside it is not faith, it is just a mental assent or agreement in your head- it is head faith.

You see there is head faith, and also  heart faith(which is the Bible faith). I will talk extensively on this on another post.

It is only when we become fully persuaded about what we see, hear and believe from the Word that we will become faith-full and begin to assume a disposition that will position us to receiving from God what He had already accomplished for us in Christ Jesus.

If you take time to study the book of Hebrews chapter 11, the famous Bible chapter on faith(faith hall of fame), you will see the disposition this men and women as mentioned there assumed; obtaining for themselves a good report(Heb 11:2)

So lets see some of the dispositions faith assumes from these verses.

1. Faith speaks of things which do not appear(things that are not seen and brings them into the realm of the physical): Heb 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed BY THE WORD OF GOD, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Faith is seen in the kind of confessions we make. It is seen when we constantly speak God's mind(His Word) over everything, situation, and in every place. You are never in faith until you start confessing what you believe; until you start speaking the Word.

2. Faith offers sacrifices to God(sacrifice of praise, of substance, of time, of love, and so on): Heb 11:4 By faith ABEL OFFERED UNTO GOD a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

Faith is present when we give and continue to give as we have purposed in our heart. You see, we are not in faith each time we struggle in giving of any kind.

God's Word says honor Me with your substance and with the fruit of your increase. It also says, give to the poor and I will pay you back for it. He said in His Word that when we sow, it will come back to us in 30, 60 and an 100 fold.

Now, show me anyone that finds it hard to release anything and I will show you someone that is not walking by faith in God's Word. This is true because, if one really believe the Lord and believes in the integrity of His Word, he will give, considering all His promises towards our giving.

3. Faith walks with God in fellowship(this pleases the Father well ): Heb 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that HE PLEASED GOD.  Gen 5:24 And ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD: and he was not; for God took him.

Whenever we shy away from a place of fellowship and intimacy with God, we show our faithlessness. God will never waste your time. Whatever time you invest in His presence both in cooperate fellowship with the brethren(fellow Christians)and in quite time between you and Him; it is a time well invested no matter what.

4. Faith Makes Moves( in reverend regard towards God's instructions): Heb 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, MOVED with fear[reverent regard], prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

The steps we take in responds to God's Word and Instruction unveils the level of our trust in Him.

Have you been instructed in your heart by God to do anything? Well what are you waiting for, take steps. If you are not, you aren't in faith.

5. Faith Obeys and acts on the Word of God : Heb 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, OBEYED; AND HE WENT OUT, not knowing whither he went.



This is very simple. If you say you have faith in God and you don't obey and act on His Word, watch yourself.

6. Faith looks at the things which are not seen (it takes into account things that are not real to the physical senses): Heb 11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
10 For HE LOOKED for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

2Cor 4:18 While WE LOOK NOT AT THE THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN, BUT AT THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT SEEN: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Faith is not moved by what it sees. It is only moved by the unseen realm of the Word of God.


7. Faith judges God to be faithful to fulfill His Word(faith concludes God to be faith every single time to fulfilling His promises toward us) : Heb 11:11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because SHE JUDGED HIM FAITHFUL WHO HAD PROMISED.

Faith accounts, attest and considers God to be faithful in bringing His Word to pass in our lives.

This dispositions goes on and on in this verses. I have given seven, but here is a list of some other attitude faith puts up from the Hebrew 11 text. Faith,

⦁ Confesses what it believes, Heb 11:13-16
⦁ releases blessings on others(not curses), Heb 11:20-21
⦁ believes, hopes, and is patient even till the end; Heb 11:22
⦁ shows fearless courage, Heb 11:23
⦁ abstains from worldly lust, Heb 11:24-26
⦁ perseveres, Heb 11:27

Study through Hebrews 11:1-40, allowing Holy Spirit reveal to you other attitudes faith takes up.

This dispositions may look cumbersome on the surface, but really it shouldn't be. All that the writer of this passages of the Bible(the Epistle to the Hebrews chapter 11) was trying to do under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit was to bring to the knowledge of his readers the fruits, attitude, or evidence their faith should produce.

All the Holy Ghost is communicating through this verses is that the Believer in Christ should enter into the rest of God; a place of complete trust in God and His word.

Faith comes down to trust really. It comes down to our willingness to rest in assurance of His Word, that He is well able and willing to come through for us every time.

If we trust Him, we will assume certain dispositions that will reveal that we really do trust Him.

Heb 4:11 LET US LABOUR THEREFORE TO ENTER INTO THAT[God's] REST, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Heb 4:3 FOR WE WHICH HAVE BELIEVED DO ENTER INTO REST,...


What is your responds like to a negative report, say, a negative report from your doctor? Do you just slip into fear and depression or you dear stand on the Word concerning your health.

Jas 4:7 SUBMIT YOURSELVES THEREFORE TO GOD. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Our victory in life is dependent on how submissive we are to God and to His Word.

Signs of fear, anxiousness or worry on your part reveals the level your submittedness to God. Whenever we are in worry we are in pride and in a state of rebellion against the Word of God.

The above text said we should labor to enter into God's rest. This is because the faith battle to rest is not an easy one, because our minds are inclined to going along with what it could see, hear or feel.

So we constantly have to fight the good fight of faith in staying in the place of God's rest no matter how contrary the situation may seem.

It takes faith to stay calm and at peace when we are late on our rent or faced with the foreclosure of our home because we came short in paying the mortgage. Standing on the Word no matter what is the good fight of faith the Word talks about.

1Tim 6:12 FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH, lay hold on eternal life,

The good fight of faith is, sticking to the Word no matter how adverse the situation may appear.

Where you blessed?

Confess this: I walk in faith and total submission to God because the Grace of Christ  is available for me to do so. Therefore I live in total victory over life's circumstances and over all the powers and dominion of the enemy. I assume a disposition consistent to what I believe in Jesus name, AMEN!