How did Sai Baba connect the worship of Vitthal with the importance of having faith?

Sai Baba consistently emphasized that sincere faith was the key to experiencing the divine, particularly in the context of seeing Lord Vitthal. As detailed in Chapter 4, when Das Ganu organized a Name-week and insisted that Vitthal must appear, Baba promised, "the form of Vitthal will appear! But the devotee must be full of faith." This established a direct link between the devotee's internal state and the manifestation of the deity. Furthermore, after Kakasaheb Dixit had a vision of Vitthal, Baba not only confirmed it but advised him to "nail him down and make him steady," implying that maintaining such a divine vision requires constant, unwavering faith and focus, lest the experience escapes due to neglect.