is your faith muscle in Atrophy???

How strong is your faith?  Yes I'm asking you this question.

  Then Job arose and rent his robe; he shaved his head and he fell on the ground and worshipped. 21 He said: Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return there; The Lord gave; the Lord has taken away. As God pleased, so it has been done. Blessed be the name of the Lord! In all these things, Job did not sin with his lips, nor did he say anything foolish against God. (Job 1:20-22)

In Thomas Aquinas Commentary on Job he points out to us the faith of this man called Job.  The Jewish Bible tells us About  the Job the man  and the virtue of Job have been described then his prosperity is shown so that the adversity which follows may be judged to be more grave because of the prosperity which precedes it. At the same time, this also demonstrates that not only spiritual goods but also temporal goods are given to the just from God’s first intention. But the fact just are sometimes afflicted with adversities happens for some special reason.

  His wife said to him, "Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!"
  He replied, "You are talking like a foolish  woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?"
  In all this, Job did not sin in what he said (Job 2:9-11)

Think Job's faith was tested his helpmate was not being a helpmate at this point. yet even though Job could not see, he remained in hope that God who was the author of his faith and his provider (Yahweh-yireh)

Yahweh-yireh (God) our provider?  When all else fails do you go to him on bended knees and cry out my God (Yahweh)  I need you?  I wish I had someone who knew what it was like to be running out of faith and  still no sign of God anywhere, but yet you hold on because you got nothing else but the hope and belief that God did not bring you this far to forsake you.

 "Faith, for instance, is not positive thinking; that is something quite different. Faith is not a hunch that is followed. Faith is not hoping for the best" by Ray C. Stedman
"Faith is the confident belief or trust in the truth or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing  " Websters dictionary

Faith can best be describe like a muscle,  if you stop working out the muscle you developed will soon go into atrophy. For those of us who desire to turn fat into muscle we must begin to awaken that muscle and work it till it becomes stronger.  In the process of developing stronger muscles you will discover some pain, but the end result is that you will soon discover  that it is worth it.  
How is your faith muscle?  Are you trepidated of having to use it? Ever wonder why is God doing this to me? Why doesn't he just fix it? Feel like you can't wait on the Lord any longer?  How strong is your faith?