This is a type of our relation to God. Faith takes God at his word. "His divine power hath given us all things that pertain to life and Godliness through the knowledge of Him who hath called us to glory and virtue, whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises." Every gift of God that we accept and use for Him is a new proof of our faith.
A youthful owner of swine had a wealthy uncle. His uncle cribbed corn for the market. One day he told his nephew that he could have all the corn that he could carry in a blanket from the cribs, where the men were shelling, across the alley to the barn where the swine were kept. To his uncle's surprise and delight, the boy took him at his word, and carried corn all day. The boy did this because he had faith in his uncle's word. The nephew's faith pleased him when he sow how much corn he had. It the boy had professed belief in his uncle's promise without acting upon it, there would have been intellectual assent but no real faith.
