Faith Comes by Hearing (Hearing What Though?)

Faith comes by hearing..which faith?

Even as I write this article, I cannot help but wonder; where is our faith placed? what are we building our faith around? In a motivation speech by TD Jakes "The Source" created from one of his sermons, one of the things emphasized is "consider the source". What is the source of that information? That we should always consider the source of any information that we come across and from what knowledge or perspective is that information based on. 

And it is also a similar thing when it comes to building our faith by hearing and through the environment that we surround ourselves with. What is our faith anchored to. What do we believe in and what are we listening to or feeding ourselves, that keeps building this faith with. Faith is a belief on something that cannot be seen. It does not have to be godly though; Consider the source.

The Scripture talks about the "faith that comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God" Romans 10:17. This is Godly faith, it is based on Scripture. It also grows with Scripture, with the Word of God. In order to build our faith, we have to spend time with God. We have to spend time in his Word. I could be at a different level, but the minute that I read the Word of God or listen to bible based information, it creates an immediate impact in me.

I don't know about you either but the more that I also listen to other material that may not be according to Scripture, it slowly starts stealing the life out of me. It has some kind of impact because there is some kind of faith that I am building; faith comes by hearing. In the same way if you frequently spend some alone time with God and then you go for a while without doing so; you may feel the negative impact, I have. All day everyday there are all kinds of information coming my way and I have to be able to deal with that or counteract it.

One of the things that Terri Savelle Foy, a motivational speaker, encourages, actually emphasizes on, is constantly listening to faith building messages in order to experience change and growth in our lives; because faith comes by hearing.

So faith comes by hearing and hearing what? What are we building our faith around? what are we listening to, looking at or what have we surrounded ourselves with? What has our faith become based upon?

I have also written other articles on faith, check them out "Stepping out in Faith" and "As We Exercise Faith, It Increases"