Faith: God's Revelation to You by the Holy Spirit

We have been discussing Biblical contexts of faith.

I have seen three specific applications, two discussed in the previous studies.

The third application concerns faith that appears to be used in the same context as belief.
As I see it, faith in its purest form is a revelation from God by the Holy Spirit that enlightens
us to His ways of doing things regarding every area of life - spirit, soul, body, vocation etc.
The four classifications just noted are major in scope, but I have experienced His insights
in what most would consider to be minor in scope. For me, those minor revelations are
just as blessed - showing me the result of an intimate relationship with the Godhead
in Christ Jesus.

The 5th chapter of Mark's Gospel gives his depiction of the woman with an issue of blood
- she was very sick due to the chronic loss of blood.  She had spent all her resources
trying to attain help for this infirmity. The doctors were unable to help.
Pick up the reading at verse 27: "When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him
in the crowd and touched His garment. For she said, 'If only I may touch His clothes,
I shall be made well'." 

Here enters the revelation. Do you think that she invented that understanding?
It has God's fingerprint on it- short, sweet and true, with corresponding result!

Verse 29:  "Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body
that she had been healed of the affliction. And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself
that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said,
'Who touched my clothes?'"  Reading through to verse 34, 
"And He said to her, 'Daughter, your faith has made you well.
Go in peace and be healed of your affliction' ."

It is my opinion that belief is the combination of revelation and obedient action
corresponding to the revelation. The bible calls people believers, not faithers.
We are reminded that faith without works (obedient action corresponding
to the understanding) is dead.

So the revelation, if not acted upon, will not produce what God had planned.
Yet Jesus says "your faith has made you well" and did not say
"your belief has made you well".

Why?  It could be that is was more of a breakthrough for her to be willing
to receive the truth about Jesus while surrounded by a religious leaders bent
on killing Him (how hard would it be for you to act if your leaders
 - pastors, parents, peers - were questioning the validity of the One you
were running after?)

Nevertheless, this is an example of a different context of faith.
If she had not been willing to hear, she could not have received the blessing!

Action step: Ask God to reveal to you that which He knows you need to hear.
When she heard about Jesus, she pressed in to Him!   Hallelujah!
If you are willing to seek Him, you will find Him!
But ask with a heart ready to do what He says, which He always confirms
with His Word.
You won't go far if you won't read God's Word.

*The Holy Bible Verses are taken from The New King James Version