It's Not Enough to Have Faith --- It's WHO Your Faith Is In That Makes the Difference

Faith is a channel (from Pastor Rex Holt, Mercy Chapel)

Faith is a channel or conduit pipe. Grace is the fountain and the stream; faith is the aqueduct along which the flood of mercy flows down to refresh thirsty souls. We must never elevate faith above grace, but see faith as the hand that appropriates the gift of God’s grace. Today many have faith in faith and work feverously to crank the engine of faith in order to move mountains or do the impossible. But faith is only as strong as the object of that faith. You can have a large amount of faith on very thin ice and drown. Or you could have a small amount of faith in very thick ice and walk on frozen water. So the object of faith is more important than the amount of faith. What then is the object of faith? Or better, who is the object of your faith? 

Do not allow the weakness of your faith to cause you to stumble. A trembling hand may receive a golden gift. Salvation comes to us though we have only faith as a grain of mustard seed. The power lies in the grace of God, and not in our faith. Great messages can be sent along slender wires, and the peace-giving witness of the Holy Spirit can reach the heart by means of a thread-like faith. Do not focus on your faith. Look away from yourself and see nothing but Jesus and the grace of God revealed in Him. “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith” – Hebrews 12:2(a)

Look to Him by faith and His saving grace will reach your heart.