Faith is a confession of our personal inability and of God’s limitless power. When we relate to God with genuine faith, the focus is not on the person who believes but on God to whom we look and in whose promises and power we place our confident trust. Faith is an act of self-denial, a renunciation of one’s ability to do anything. Faith itself carries no power; but it is instrumental, deriving its significance from the role it plays in relating us to the God who answers our prayers.
