Psalms 95: 6-11; Hebrews Chap. 4
Unbelief is a deceitful fruit that has many poisonous and deadly seeds. Look in the Scriptures and see that from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22; how every act of disobedience will lead us towards death. As we all know too well that sin came into being through unbelief in the Words or instructions that was given to Adam. They choose instead to believe The Serpent's words that promised self-aggrandisement : 'to make them wise to good and evil'. They soon learned that obedience is life and wisdom and that disobedience is unbelief in the Truth and results in death or separation from Adonai.
In Matthew 17: 1-23, we see Yahshua rebuking His disciples who could not heal the demon possessed boy due to their unbelief. He explained it in verse 20 "And Yahshua said unto them, because of your unbelief : for verily I say unto you , if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you. Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting" (Matt.17:20-21). Therefore, the only cure for unbelief is to recognise our sinful heart's need of purification through prayer and fasting.
The heart of man is filled with self, which has four spirits namely: coveteousness,pride, envy and wrath. Only the Blood of Messiah Yahshua can cleanse away the self so that we can be filled with The Holy Spirit. The Spirit will cleanse our hearts with His Holy Fire and refine us, to produce the spirit of patience, humility, meekness, and resignation to His will, in other-words absolute surrender to His will always.
Prayer is the path to this surrender; and means that you will spend your days in communication and devotion with the Father; and this will build up a relationship and fellowship with The Spirit. It is easier to be obedient to Him when we have a relationship with Him. Messiah said' My sheep know My voice, but will run away from the Thief'. That is why the Enemy keeps us busy with all life's problems and toils so that we give Him a microwave prayer most times. We are instructed in Proverbs 3: 5-6' to trust in the Lord with all thine heart' ; so that He can show us what steps to take in our daily life issues.
What about fasting, how can this help us? Fasting is a good start in self-denial, to subdue our fleshly desires which war against your spirit. By denying it or depraving it of the physical comforts and desires The Spirit can then remove from us the covetousness,pride, envy and wrath. Moreover, when self is denied we become stronger and more open to The Spirit's leading. Above all we must be born of Water and The Spirit in order that our eyes and ears can be opened and the heart of stone removed; only then will the unbelief be removed and so that the Truth can set us free.
