Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a piece of money; take that and give it to them for Me and you. -- Matthew 17:27
Dare to believe, and then dare to speak, for you will have whatever you say if you do not doubt.-- Smith Wigglesworth
"Peter had been in the fishing business all his life, but he had never before caught a fish with silver in its mouth. However, the Master does not want us to reason things out, for carnal reasoning will always land us in a bog of unbelief. He wants us simply to obey. "The is a hard job," Peter must have said as he put the bait on his hook, "but since You told me to do it, I'll try." And he cast his line into the sea. There wire millions of fish in the sea, but every fish had to stand aside and leave that bait alone and let the fish with the piece of money in its mouth come up and take the bait.
Do you not see that the words of the Master are the instruction of faith? It's impossible for anything that Jesus says to miss. All His words are spirit and life (John 6:63). If you will only have faith in Him, you will find that every word that God gives is life. You cannot be in close contact with Him and receive His Word in simple faith without feeling the effect of it in your body, as well as, in your spirit and soul.
…All lack of faith is due to not feeding on God's Word. You need it every day. How can you enter into a life of faith? Feed on the living Christ of whom this Word is full. As you are taken up with the glorious fact and the wondrous presence of the living Christ, the faith of God will spring up within you. "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." (Rom. 10:17)
"He who believes in Me" (John 14:12) -- the essence of divine life is in us by faith. To the one who believes, it will come to pass. We become supernatural by the power of God. If you believe, the power of the Enemy cannot stand, for God's Word is against him. Jesus gives us His Word to make faith effective. If you can believe in your heart, you begin to speak whatever you desire, and whatever you dare to say is done. You will have whatever you say after you believe in your heart. (See Mark 11:23-24)
Smith Wigglesworth
My two cents (for what it is worth):
This is a good word…learn to activate your faith…faith is dead without a response, an action, a step… (see James 2:14 - 18)
He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." -- Matthew 17:20
If you look at this verse and consider it then it becomes obvious that there is an 'action' that has to occur to bring faith alive. You can have faith to believe the mountain will move but if you do not command it to do so, speak it out, “act” on the belief, then your faith is dead and you will not see the result or benefit…the mountain will not move. This is the kind of "work" referred to in James 2:14-18. Activate your faith today…do something…do anything but don't live a life of dead, inactive, useless faith… The biggest "killer" of faith…our own fear.