To activate faith you need to do something, believe something, ask for something, or pray something in response to the fact that God rewards those who earnestly seek Him. The key word is “earnestly”, one that you rarely hear anymore. Earnest means intensely, or even excessively, serious and sincere in manner or attitude. It is not an attitude that is put off easily. ‘Oh, I asked once and that is enough!’ No, earnestly is, ‘God, you know I asked you about such and such, but it seems I don’t have it yet. So, Lord, I’m knocking on your door again about this.’

A friend said faith is like pulling the trigger on a gun, it releases the power and the answer. I said the gun illustration would be better if you realized it was a machine gun. You hold the trigger until the clip is empty. That is faith worked through persistence. Jesus will be looking for this when He returns. Do we have persistent faith or have we given up? (Click here to read more)