#550 - Joseph Prince - The Key To Robust Faith - Part 3

The Bible says, "Young men shall faint, and the youth shall fall, but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run and not be weary. They shall walk and not faint". Genesis 18, Abraham was sitting in the shade of a tree, and he looked up, and he saw three men coming. He realized that one of them is the Lord, and the Bible says he ran. He was 80-plus, and he ran. And after he greeted them, he ran to help them prepare food for his guests. He ran at 80-plus.

When you don't have a relationship with God, you will do a barter system: "God, if you do this for me, then I'll do this for you". It shows a weakness of faith. It shows inferiority. Are you listening, people? You don't barter. Like, I was preaching a few months ago on the Lord of the Vineyard, the parable, right? The one that received the most favor for the least effort, right, put in, a full day's wage was the one that trusted the landowner, whereas the one that bargained, and we bargain. You know, that shows we are legalistic. Legalistic people bargain: "Lord, if you'll do this for me, I'll do that for you. If you do this for me, I'll do that for you". That should not be, people, in our walk with God. He's our Father, you are his son, amen, and Jesus is your High Priest. He's the Good Shepherd. We have a relation of love. Instead, we feel like God will not move unless I tell him, "Lord, if you do this, I'll do that. I vow to you". All vows are under the law. Believers don't vow today.