The story of the royal official's request for his son's healing, teaches us that our prayers need to be backed by the kind of faith that moved Jesus to grant his request. Jesus, at first, expressed a bit of exasperation, :Unless you see signs and wonders, you will not believe." (Jn 4: 48), but when the man ignored these words and persisted in his request, Jesus was satisfied with his faith and assured him of his son's recovery.
So often when we ask for something and do not receive it right away, we give up. Doubt displaces what little faith prompted us to ask in the first place, or perhaps we had the thought in the back of our heads that "asking won't do any good, but I'll ask anyway". Certainly, the royal official did not ask in this way, but with the assurance that Jesus could and would do what he requested. Strong faith. No wonder Jesus responded so positively. May this Lent strengthen our faith so that our prayers will be fortified with a stronger-than-ever faith.
Bro .Rene
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment