THE NECESSITY OF GROWING IN FAITH | Apostle Yves CASTANOU | SUNDAY 02/11/2025

When faith becomes strong, nothing can remain frozen

God never builds on sand. Before the explosion comes, God digs the foundations. If you want to carry the promise, you must endure the weight of the shaping. He doesn’t promise without building. He doesn’t declare without forming. And that’s why, before fulfillment, He starts by sculpting the man.

Look at Abraham. The promise was gigantic. But it didn’t come immediately. God wasn’t in a hurry. Because God doesn’t need to act fast — He wants you to last long. The real problem isn’t whether you heard God. The true challenge is: can your faith last? Can your faith hold steady in the silence? Can you keep believing when nothing moves? Can you keep your zeal when there is no sign?

This is what Paul reveals about Abraham in Romans 4:20-21: Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.

He did not waver. He was strengthened. He was fully persuaded. This is the path of a man whose faith has matured. And this path wasn’t built in a day. It was forged in God’s waiting room.

Your faith must travel

God does not work with lightness. He builds with precision, maturity, depth. And when God wants to forge a general of faith, He places the person on the construction site of time. The site of waiting. The factory of patience.

Abraham waited 25 years. You heard that right — 25 long years between the promise and its fulfillment. Why did God wait 25 years? Because the prophecy was not the most important thing. The most important thing was the man. God wanted to form a man of faith. Not a weak faith. Not an emotional faith. A strong faith.

So strong that even at 100 years old, he no longer doubted. Even when his body was dead, even when Sarah had nothing left, he said: “God spoke, so God will do.” Nothing could shake him anymore. Not sterility, not time, not mockery. He had a full, solid, rooted faith. Are you ready to look like Abraham? Do you also want a faith that withstands anything?

But for that, God makes you go through seasons where He doesn’t speak. Because He wants faith to speak. He wants you to learn to believe even without evidence. Even without a miracle. Even without a prophetic word. Because the one who believes without seeing… that’s the one God approves!

It’s not waiting that kills, it’s the lack of faith. It’s not silence that destroys, it’s immaturity. That’s why God calls you to become strong. Not just to hear His voice, but to be rooted in what He says. Not to run after men, but to run after His Word.

The waiting room is a laboratory

What you believe builds you. And it’s in the waiting that God sees if you truly believe. The waiting room is not hell. It’s the school of heroes. It’s where we learn to become. It’s where we learn patience. And patience, says Hebrews 6:12, it is she — along with faith — who enables us to inherit the promises.

People want the promises but without patience. They want the glory, but not the cross. But let me tell you:

  • Without patience, your faith will always be fragile.
  • Without patience, you will sink under the slightest pressure.
  • Without patience, you will give up when Heaven grows silent.

That’s why God sometimes allows visible delays, which in Heaven are actually stages of training.

Abraham remained patient. Sarah held on too. Their strong faith produced a miracle that defied science. And you, maybe you’ve been waiting for 10 years, 15 years. Don’t be discouraged! This is not your end — it’s just a season. The waiting room is not your tomb, it’s your place of growth.

The problem isn’t the time. The problem is your faith. If your faith is alive, even 24 years later, it will still say: “I believe.” Not because circumstances are favorable, but simply because God has spoken. This is strong faith. It refuses to die, it refuses to quit. It waits for fulfillment because it is convinced that God is faithful.

When God finds strong faith, He moves

Why does God sometimes wait? Because He is looking for strong faith. He doesn’t respond to fear. He doesn’t respond to impatience. He responds to faith. That’s why, in Abraham’s story, it was only when he became “fully persuaded” that God declared: “Now, I will do it.”

Some of you pray, fast, simulate faith. But God sees the hearts. And as long as He doesn’t find strong faith, He waits. And the day faith becomes strong, Heaven opens. The promise is fulfilled. The miracle sprouts. Sterility is struck. Sarah laughs. And Isaac is born.

If you can believe until the end, God will bring you to your Isaac. If you can believe against all hope, then even when everything in your life seems dead, God will announce: “Let it live!” Because He is the God who gives life to the dead and calls the things that are not as though they were.

God doesn’t lie. If you’re still alive, it means God isn’t done yet. If you can believe, nothing is over.

Cry out to God for strong faith

What God is seeking is not your emotion. Not your performance. It’s your faith. And it’s time for you to cry out to God. Not to get more cars. But to get more faith. Not for a visa, but for a life rooted in His Word.

Let go of superficial religion. Dare to cling to God with passion and truth. Step into the waiting room. Receive the word. Wait for the promise. Hold the faith till the end. And if you fall, get up again. Even Abraham stumbled. But he knew how to bounce back. And you will too. Because the same God of Abraham is your God. And what He did for him, He can do for you.

It’s not about age. It’s not about location. It’s about obedience, submission, and faith.

Let’s pray together

Father, I want Abraham’s faith. Not a religion, but a living, strong, unshakeable faith. I don’t want to complain about time anymore, I want to trust You. Give me the full conviction that what You said, You are able to do. Even if all evidence says the opposite, I choose to believe. I choose to walk in patience. I choose to be rooted in the Word. And I declare: I will follow You to the end. In the mighty Name of Jesus, amen!

If you’ve never received the life of Jesus, make this prayer with faith

Lord Jesus, I acknowledge that I need You. I believe that You died for my sins and that You rose again. Today, I accept You as my Lord and Savior. Transform my life and lead me on Your path. I want to walk with You, burn for You, and bear fruit for Your glory. Amen.

At the heart of the Bible

  • Hebrews 6:12 – It is through faith and patience that we inherit the promises
  • Romans 4:20-21 – He was strengthened in faith, being fully persuaded
  • Genesis 17:5 – I have made you a father of many nations
  • James 1:4 – Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature

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