I asked the website — GotQuestions.org, “What is the spiritual gift of Faith?”. This is part of their answer.

The gift of faith may be defined as the special gift whereby the Spirit provides Christians with extraordinary confidence in God’s promises, power, and presence so they can take heroic stands for the future of God’s work in the church. The spiritual gift of faith is exhibited by one with a strong and unshakeable confidence in God, His Word, and His promises.
Confidence, strong and unshakeable. 

How many of us can show that level of confidence while hanging by our fingernails, desperately trying to “Hang in There”? Probably none of us. Everybody goes through this process. Both believer and non-believer. And all of us would agree that during times like this, it is easy to wonder and doubt that God really has our best interests in mind. Walking in supernatural peace and confidence during times like these doesn’t enter our minds.

Eventually, the trial is over, and, most of the time, most of our fears turn out to be poppycock. 

It is how we respond to that trial as a lesson learned that the value of the trial builds our character, and if we can evaluate what happened from a Kingdom mindset, it builds our confidence in God.

There are two ways (probably more) that grow our sense of confidence in God and His promises. 

The first is the Word in the Bible. Searching the scriptures and internalizing the promises to each of us as followers of Christ can solidify our identity in Him. These are the most basic habits we need to grow into mature believers.

The second is when God intervenes in our lives in providential, supernaturally meaningful, and personal ways. His ability to bless us with His presence and His intervention in our lives forms an unshakeable confidence in His love for us. There is no answer for a skeptic when we have a lifetime of interacting with our Creator. Experience cannot be refuted in the mind of a believer who has experienced the supernatural and intimate reality of the Truth of Jesus Christ.

I am one of those who wondered about the gift of faith. It never made sense to me. After all, didn’t we all have faith?

Today, I realize that I have such a long list of how God has blessed me in the tightest situations that my first response to an unexpected event is to turn to God. My identity in Jesus and my worldview are such a part of my life that I have no other responses to trials.

This is not a conscious attempt to work up or find the confidence that your confidence is now a part of your life. Your mind and your Spirit are at complete peace during the trial.

This is the gift of faith. It is something that comes not only from experience but also from prayer. Asking for God to increase our faith is when The Lord anoints us with the gift of faith, as in Mark:23–24;

Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” Immediately, the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”

Another facet of the gift of faith is learning to cooperate or collaborate with The Lord when you realize you are heading into a time of testing/trials. Your confidence is such that God is a Good Father, and this is the process of building you into the likeness of Jesus Christ.

Like a good Father, He doesn’t just give us what we ask for. Mostly, He challenges His children to exercise their giftings and gain experience while they search out the answers. He doesn’t leave us alone during the process. He is right there helping you design your pinewood derby car yourself. To learn from the difficulties of forming that block of wood to conform to the idea in your head.

In my experience, The Lord most often answers my questions with another question. He is coaching us to think on our own. He sees our identities and coaxes us through the spiritual growth process.

One incident that illustrates this trait of Our Father is a moment of jealousy and whineyness. A writer friend had attended a writer’s conference at the Mount Hermon resort. She came back extremely excited and motivated to write. I went to the Lord, complained that I was a writer, and asked Him to bless my writing to prove I was a writer.

The Lord answered me with a question (I was spending way too much time playing computer games…I was addicted.), He asked me, “What’s more important to you, playing games or writing?” I actually went cold turkey from playing Call of Duty to getting back to writing.

The lesson here is He cultivating His relationship with His children. And, yes, that is another thing that fills us with confidence. Learning to hear His voice and rely on the the Truth of our identities in Jesus.

In conclusion, collaboration with Jesus during a painful life event doesn’t always end up the way you expected. It may not result in the blessing you thought you would get for working to please Him. His timing can be hard to understand. But it’s like the story of the boy who wanted a pony for his birthday. But when his father opened the room where the pony was supposed to be, the boy found a room full of manure. He looked at his father, said, “I love it!” and proceeded to wade into the animal fertilizer as if looking for something.

His father shouted, “What are you doing!”

The boy said, “With all this poop in here, there has to be a pony somewhere!”

Yes, I know most of you have heard that one. But it is an excellent, if gross, way to illustrate childlike faith. Which is — I think- part of the Gift of Faith. Perhaps He is giving us back and healing that childlike faith we had before life began to pummel us with adult concerns.

That sense of faith is essential to understand when we don’t get the blessing (or amount of blessing) we were praying for.

Because one significant thing about Our Father; there is always a better blessing!