Scripture says faith is "the gift of God." So is the air; but you have to breathe it. So is bread; but you have to eat it. So is water; but you have to drink it.
Some are expecting to have a miraculous kind of feeling. That is not faith. "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Rom. 10:1717So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:17).
It is not for me to sit down and wait for faith to come stealing over me with a strange sensation; but it is for me to take God at His word. One cannot believe unless there is something to believe. So take the Word as it is written, and appropriate it. Lay hold of it. In John 6:47, 4847Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. 48I am that bread of life. (John 6:47‑48) we read: "Verily verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me hath everlasting life. I am that bread of life."
There is the "bread" right at hand, but one must partake of it. Though thousands of loaves are within my house, and as many hungry men waiting, though they assent to the fact that the bread is there, unless they take a loaf and commence eating, their hunger will not be satisfied.
So Christ is the bread of heaven. As the body feeds on natural food, so the soul must feed on Christ. "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Rom. 5:11Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: (Romans 5:1).
Believe, partake, and live.