"But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."

                            -Hebrews 11:6 

Faith is one of those things that I think we all have a little bit of. We have faith that the sun is going to rise in the morning, that summer will come after spring, and that life in general will continue to move on as usual. However, when it comes to having faith in God, many of us falter. Despite the fact that He has proven Himself to be more faithful than the sunrise, many  people invariably doubt His Word and His character.

"For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith."

                            -Romans 12:3

We have all been given "a measure of faith", but it is up to us in deciding where to place that faith. We can place it in God, the only One Who will never fail us, or we can place it in the things of this world - only to be disappointed countless times over. As I like to say, it is not the amount of our faith, but the object of our faith, that determines whether or not it is strong. Better is a little faith in God than an abundance of faith in uncertain riches and temporal pleasures.

I'm confident that if we would all have more faith in God, we would see more sick people healed (yes, He still does that!), more lost loved ones saved, and more miracles of every sort. But when God looks down and sees doubt, why would He then proceed to bless us knowing that we didn't even believe He could do it in the first place? Faith precedes every great miracle.

"But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed."

                            -James 1:6

Just read Hebrews 11 (aka "The Faith Chapter") and you will see that every every great hero of the Bible had faith. If we want to be remembered as a good soldier of the Cross, then this fruit of the Spirit must be brought forth abundantly in our lives.