How Many Will I Find On Earth Who Have Faith?

“When I, the Son of Man, return, how many will I find on earth who have faith?” 

Luke 18:8 (NLT)

Viewed from a Biblical vantage point, it goes without saying that we live in an increasingly faithless world. Values shift from pillar to post, and the majority of happenings in the lives of people are ego driven - not God-driven. So, Jesus' question above is a valid one, if He came back today, how many people of faith would he find? Then next question then is an important one - Would you be one of them? 

God has always sought people of faith, and people who love Him. Hanani the Seer told King Asa as far back as 908 B.C.  "For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show Himself strong in behalf of those whose hearts are blameless toward Him."

2 Chron.16:9. 

God;s desire is to bless and to show his love. Faithfulness is the key to unlocking that blessing in our lives. Jesus stated to some blind men who asked Him to restore their sight, "Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you." (Mt.9:29)

He wishes to pour blessings into all areas of our life – our family, career, finances, health, relationships – but will do it according to the level of your faith. It goes without saying then, that if you have great faith, you will have great blessing. If you have a little faith, you will receive a little blessing. 

But if you have NO faith? God’s blessing will not be in your life at all.  Prov.20:6 asks a good question, "Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?"

A sad chorus of Psa.53 states, "God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one." 

Within our own song books we proclaim "Faith is the victory we know, that overcomes the world."  The greater our faith, the brighter the victory experienced. Not because of what we have done, but of what God has chosen to do in us or through us. This is not some arbitrary utterance by a song writer, it is a statement of scripture. 1Jn 5:4,5 "For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith.  Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?"

The question Is then, is faith found in us?

Jim