It's ok to build on another's faith and beliefs, but how far can you go with it? it is possible to receive "thus says the Lord" from a prophet of God, but how strong can you stand and how patient can you be when the promises are yet to manifest, and everything around you says, "forget about that word from the prophet"? It's no big deal to build on another's faith, but the problem lies in the result. It takes a strong foundation to build a lasting house that will withstand the storms of life; it takes the one who has seen the invisible to manifest the impossible.
The invisible things are things that defy the wisdom of men, things that defy science and the things that only God has the ability to take care of. To see the invisible, you need the help of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was given to all that believed in Christ Jesus, Ephesians 1:13 In whom you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after you believed, you were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise. The same Holy Spirit teaches you all things and guides you into all truth, 1 John 2:20, 27 20 But you are not like that, for the Holy One has given you his Spirit, and all of you know the truth. 27 But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, so you don’t need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is true—it is not a lie. So just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ. The Holy Spirit points you to what God can do, He shows you things that are known to you alone that will launch you to greater heights, He shows you the way out of any crisis, he brings you the truth about any situation.
But to actually see results when the Holy Spirit reveals things to you, you have to activate your own faith- you need your own faith. Seeing the invisible and actually manifesting it requires an unshakable faith. You cannot activate that which you really do not understand.
Hebrews 11:1 (NLT)
Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.
In a nutshell, faith is activated when you're confident that what you hope for, after you have seen into the supernatural (beyond the natural) will certainly become visible to the physical eyes (manifest). The other part of it says, even though you cannot see it with your physical eyes, it does not appear possible by any means, yet, i will believe in what i see in the supernatural. Faith is built ultimately by hearing directly from God, when one sees the invisible, and trust is developed when one believes the invisible and submits to the One who controls the invisible things; He alone knows how to make it happen.
Why should i believe in the things that i see in the spiritual realm (supernatural), and not trust in the things that i see in the physical realm (natural)? Isaiah 34:16.......none of God's Word shall fail......The spiritual realm controls everything happening in the physical. Before the physical eyes can behold the blessings of God, the possiblilty of it becoming, has to be seen in the spiritual - whatever doesn't exist in the spiritual has no possibilty of manifesting in the physical. That is why you hear people say, 'life is spiritual".
Romans 5:17
......even God who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. God brought into existence those things that existed within Him. How possible is it to create a box if you do not have the picture of what it should be like in your mind? That's impossible! Only things that pre-exist can really exist, only that which has already been created in your mind can really exist. The Holy Spirit ministers to you from within, even visions are seen not with the physical eyes.
To build your faith you need to be a committed student of the Word of God. Faith comes by hearing and understanding the Word of God. But your faith becomes even stronger and more active when you see into the spiritual (hearing directly from God). What you're told and never witnessed is likened to a gift without a name, it's easily snatched away from you, but, whatever you see with your eyes becomes very difficult to be snatched from you; your hope will not bring you disappointment (Romans 5:5A), rather, it will be made manifest. Great men of faith in the bible all saw the Lord and heard directly from Him, that is why the bible recorded their uncommon exploits.
1 John 1:1
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
It takes graduating from just hearing the Word of God to hearing directly from God and seeing into the Spiritual realm, believing what you see before you can actually manifest it. The Voice of God when heard and believed is turned into power for manifestation.
