Mark 11:22 (KJV) reads "Have faith in God." The language of this scripture is far from ambiguous, but despite the obvious implications of the scripture as written, almost every KJV footnote or column reference I've read has indicated this scripture is incorrectly intrepretted. The statement really should read, "Have the faith of God."
Given what I say is true, it obviously implies that God has faith. And it should make sense to you. If it is true that Man was created with faith-- and I'm convinced Man was--then it would obviously have to be within God beforehand.
So what does it mean to have the faith of God or the God kind of faith? Jesus immediately gives an illustration of the God kind of faith in operation in Mark 11:23, "For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says," (NKJV). The obvious implication is that the God kind of faith speaks.
But the Bible goes much further to illustrate God's faith in operation. Throughout Genesis 1, you see God creating strictly by use of the spoken Word. Even in Genesis 3, after the fall of Man, God begins to speak the plan for Man's redemption into existence and prophecy the birth of our Messiah.
Proverbs 18:21 tells us that life and death are in the power of the tongue. In writing this, Solomon is conveying that life is voice-operated. Therefore I implore to study the Word of God, and speak God's over your life. You can exercise the God kind of faith. And you will see this faith in operation create for you as God saw it create for Him.
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