According to Your Faith Let It Be to You

“According to your faith let it be to you” is more than a familiar Bible phrase. It is a personal invitation from Jesus to examine what we truly believe about God, His Word, and His willingness to move in our lives (Matthew 9:29).

Faith is not wishful thinking, nor is it pretending that problems do not exist. Faith is confidence in God. It grows as we hear His Word, trust His character, and choose to believe Him, even when circumstances seem to say otherwise.

Maybe your faith feels weak. Maybe your prayers seem unanswered. Or maybe your heart has drifted from the closeness you once had with God. If so, this message is an invitation to listen again, trust again, and believe again. What if the breakthrough you are seeking is closely tied to what you believe God is able and willing to do?

Unanswered Prayer and Faith

Have you ever explained away unanswered prayer by saying, “God doesn’t always give us what we want” or “I guess God didn’t want me to have it”? Those thoughts may sound reasonable, but they are not the full picture of what the Bible says.

Scripture says, “If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him” (1 John 5:14-15). So Jesus’ words lead us to ask a deeper question: could it be that some things are being done to us according to our faith? A helpful clarification on according to your faith, is that faith is not the power behind healing: Jesus is the healer, and faith is the way we come to Him.

Faith Comes by Hearing

The Bible says faith comes by hearing. So let’s ask ourselves: what are we hearing? Who has our ear? Scripture says God has given everyone the measure of faith (Romans 12:3). That means everyone believes in something or someone. The question is: is our faith in God, or is it in something else?

What Are You Listening To?

Whoever has your ear will also shape your faith. Every day, we hear bad news—disease, violence, unrest, war, and death. But how much good news about Christ are we hearing? If Jesus says, “According to your faith, let it be to you,” then what we keep listening to really does matter.

If we want our faith to grow, we have to believe God’s word. For example, suppose you’re seeking God for healing. God says in Isaiah 53:5, “He (Jesus) was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes, we are healed.“

Jesus said, “According to your faith, let it be to you.” So when you ask God to heal your body, what are you choosing to believe—God’s Word or the medical report?

And Hearing by the Word of God

“…And hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17). For more background, see this Romans 10:17 commentary.

It is possible to listen and still not really hear God. He speaks through His Word, but the deep things of His kingdom come by revelation. God is Spirit, and He speaks to our spirit. So ask yourself: am I hearing God, or am I mainly hearing the world’s bad news and gossip?

Falling in love with God is where what I call “absolute” faith begins. Absolute faith comes from hearing the revelation of God’s hidden mysteries. It believes what God says, and believing faith speaks as though God is speaking.

Faith Speaks What It Believes

Listen to what the Spirit of God says about speaking faith: “And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, ‘I believed, and therefore I spoke,’ we also believe and therefore speak” (2 Corinthians 4:13).

Listen to what the Spirit of God is saying, and let your words agree with your faith in God. According to your faith, let it be to you. We see this truth clearly in the two blind men who came to Jesus because they believed He could heal them.

Two Blind Men Were Healed Because They Believed

“When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, ‘Son of David, have mercy on us!’ And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, ‘Do you believe that I can do this?’ They said to Him, ‘Yes, Lord.’ Then He touched their eyes, saying, ‘According to your faith, let it be to you.’ And their eyes were opened.” (Matthew 9:27-30)

The scriptures tell us that Jesus healed at least six blind men, and each healing was different. In this story, the two blind men called Christ the Son of David. That means they truly believed He was the Messiah.

They kept following Him right into the house where He was staying. They did not give up. Because they came to Him in faith, Jesus honored their faith.

Seeing With Spiritual Eyes

When the two blind men answered Jesus by saying, “Yes, Lord,” they were making a declaration of faith. Their confession of faith released the power for their healing to show up, and their eyes were opened. Their story also makes us ask: are there places where we are not seeing clearly?

Could We Be Suffering from Blindness?

Blindness means being unable to see because of injury, disease, or a condition from birth. It can also mean a lack of perception, awareness, judgment, or understanding. We don’t know why the men in this story were blind. We only know they could not see.

In many ways, we can be blind too. We may lose our ability to tell right from wrong, or stop considering one another. We may even live in ignorance built on baseless conspiracy theories. When that happens, we have forgotten what true faith is really about.

Trusting God in Faith

Yet Jesus’ words, “According to your faith let it be to you,” call us back to trust, spiritual clarity, and dependence on God.

Jesus asked the blind men, “Do you believe I can do this?” Now let’s ask ourselves: what do we want Jesus to do for us? Do we believe He can carry us through our dilemma, give us rest, and bring healing?

Faith comes by hearing the Word of God. So what have we been hearing? And if faith can shape what God does in our lives, it can also affect the lives of the people around us.

Your Confidence in God Can Deliver Another

In the Book of Mark, four men had a paralyzed friend. When they heard Jesus was preaching in a house in Capernaum, they brought their friend to Jesus so He could heal him.

So many people had come to see Jesus that the men could not get near the door. So they went up on the roof, opened a section above where Jesus was preaching, and lowered their friend into the room.

When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralyzed man, “Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and walked out of the house (Mark 2:1-12). For more insight on this passage, see Enduring Word’s Mark 2 commentary.

Did you know your faith has the power to heal or deliver your friend? The Bible says Jesus saw the faith of the paralyzed man’s friends and healed him. Is there someone you are believing God to heal or deliver?

Bring that person to Jesus. When you pray, close your eyes and see them healed. See them set free. Don’t overthink the prayer. Just believe Jesus can do it. According to your faith, let it be to you. And when faith is real, it does not only pray—it expects God to move.

Faith Anticipates Positive Results

I once read a story about a small farming community going through a terrible drought. Their crops were dying because there was no rain, and everyone was worried because farming was their livelihood.

The local church pastor asked everyone in the community to gather in front of the church for a special prayer service. They would agree in faith that God would send rain and save their crops.

Everyone came out to pray, believing that, according to their faith, it would be done for them. That kind of expectation still shows us how trust in God shapes what we expect from Him.

Faith Expects God to Move

As the pastor prepared to begin the prayer service, he noticed a young girl standing quietly in front with a large umbrella opened beside her. When he saw the umbrella, he thought, “What an awesome display of faith.”

The whole community had come out to pray for rain, but only this young girl brought an umbrella. She did more than pray for rain. She came expecting it.

God has given everyone the measure of faith (Romans 12:3). There are two levels of faith: little faith and great faith. When we doubt God, our measure of faith becomes “little faith.”

When we trust God, our faith grows, and that measure of faith can become “great faith.” In the end, Jesus is calling us to move beyond doubt and only believe.

Only Believe: According to Your Faith, Let It Be to You

Since no one has seen God (John 1:18), faith is how we receive what we cannot yet see with our natural eyes. It is how we hold on to His promises, trust His heart, and expect Him to move according to His Word. So don’t settle for merely hoping things will change. Bring your needs to Jesus. Believe Him for healing, provision, wisdom, restoration, and peace. Let your words agree with His Word, and let your heart rest in His faithfulness. According to your faith, let it be to you.