Faith Does It

 

Luke 7:1-10

 Jesus Heals a Centurion's Servant

7 After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. ² Now a centurion had a servant who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him. ³ When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant. ⁴ And when they came to Jesus, they pleaded with him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy to have you do this for him, ⁵ for he loves our nation, and he is the one who built us our synagogue.” ⁶ And Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. ⁷ Therefore I did not presume to come to you. But say the word, and let my servant be healed. ⁸ For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me: and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” ⁹ When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” ¹⁰ And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant well.

We get bogged down with daily tasks:  e-mails to send and answer, phone calls to be made, people to see, errands to do, the list goes on and on, and when we reach our limit, maybe then we turn to Jesus.  In the above passage, a Roman Centurion, not of the Jewish faith, but evidently a man of faith in Jesus, having witnessed his power to heal, had enough faith to come and beg for the healing of his servant.  No wonder Jesus was astounded and granted his request. We are called to such faith; we need to pray for it and act with confidence that Jesus will give it to us.

Bro. Rene 

Dear Jesus, help me to be as faith-filled as this centurion. I want to believe, help me overcome my unbelief. Amen.