Have you ever thought about what unbelief really is and why you should not entertain it in your life as a believer? Unbelief is actually faith. It is just faith in something other than God and what He has said. When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, they were in faith. But their faith was in what the serpent said instead of what God had said. Their unbelief was just their God-given faith misdirected, causing them to believe a lie. We are faith beings. God created us that way. We drive cars and ride on airplanes because we believe they will safely get us to our destination. If we believed we were going to die in transit, we would not go. Faith governs our lives. We use faith every day.
No one can function without faith. All of our actions are based on faith. But if we base our faith on things that contradict God’s Word, we are in unbelief and using faith in reverse. Your faith in anything other than God and His word concerning your life is faith in reverse. You might choose to do something contrary to what the word of God says due to your faith in that action or decision. That is bad faith because it does not emanate from God. Therefore, unbelief is actually the power of faith working in a negative way. Just as faith is the power that releases God’s ability (1 John 5:4), unbelief is the power that releases the will of Satan in your life; and that is why you should not entertain unbelief in your life as a child of God. One thing you must realize is that you do have faith and you use it every day in either a positive or negative way. Choose to direct your faith in the positive direction of God by basing it on the promises in His Word.