Is it still called "faith"?

Will you still say "faith" is at work when you are asking for all sorts of signs and evidences that your prayer is going to get answered just as you want it? I wonder.

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, certain of what we do not see.

I know God has given me several promises about my studies abroad. But as things go rocky one after another, I found myself asking God for assurance time and again. God can You please give me another word from You that this is going to push through? Can You please let me know if I should take this step or not?

If I have faith God will come through, why all these questions that seem to imply doubt? Is it not enough for me that God said it will happen that I need to be assured every step of the way? Turns out, I still have a lot to learn about stepping out in faith.

Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes, 19 to those who say, "Let God hurry, let him hasten his work so we may see it. Let it approach, let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come, so we may know it." - Isaiah 5:18-19

What use is my so-called faith if it needs to be supported by something tangible every time. As I understand it, 2 Corinthians 5:7 basically says that living by faith is the opposite of living by sight.

God increase my faith and make it steadfast til the time comes when I could say, as king Ahaz did: "... I will not put the Lord to the test."

... If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. - Isaiah 7:9