Some say, faith is the gift of God." So is the air; but you have to breathe it. So is water; but you have to drink it.
Some desire 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. You cannot believe unless you have 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. Partake of it. I might have thousands of loaves within my home, and as many hungry men waiting for it. They might assent to the fact that the bread was there; but unless they each took a loaf and commenced eating, their hunger would not be satisfied.
So Christ is the bread of heaven; and 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 Jesus Christ our Lord." Believe and live.