Tozer Devotional

Tozer Devotional

Growing Faith and Increasing Capacity

To receive in a measure more in keeping with God's liberality five things are necessary. The first is faith. We must be convinced that God is kind, generous, goodhearted and ready to bestow His blessings upon His people with the bounty of a king. To have faith we must immerse ourselves in the Scriptures. And faith must be exercised if it is to be effective. Faith, like a muscle, grows by stretching. The second is capacity. That we differ from each other in spiritual capacity is too evident to need proof; but the reason is a great mystery and lies too deep for our understanding, certainly too deep for discussion here. It is enough to say that whatever his capacity each man can increase it if he will. The human soul is not a hard-baked vessel with a fixed size; it is a living thing capable of growth and expansion as it interacts with the gracious actions of the Holy Spirit.

Verse

The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" Luke 17:5

Thought

Exercising faith increases it. Exercising faith opens our soul's door to receive from God and increases our capacity to receive.

Prayer

Lord, I can't ask You to increase my faith until I am ready to exercise what faith I already have.