Amazing Faith

Matthew 8; Matthew 9; Matthew 10
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Scripture

Matthew 8

5 When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a Roman officer came and pleaded with him, 6 “Lord, my young servant lies in bed, paralyzed and in terrible pain.”

7 Jesus said, “I will come and heal him.”

8 But the officer said, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come into my home. Just say the word from where you are, and my servant will be healed. 9 I know this because I am under the authority of my superior officers, and I have authority over my soldiers. I only need to say, ‘Go,’ and they go, or ‘Come,’ and they come. And if I say to my slaves, ‘Do this,’ they do it.”

10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. Turning to those who were following him, he said, “I tell you the truth, I haven’t seen faith like this in all Israel! 11 And I tell you this that many Gentiles will come from all over the world—from east and west—and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of Heaven. 12 But many Israelites—those for whom the Kingdom was prepared—will be thrown into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

13 Then Jesus said to the Roman officer, “Go back home. Because you believed, it has happened.” And the young servant was healed that same hour.

Observation

This Roman soldier had amazing faith. I have searched the scriptures and there are very few things that amazed our Savior, but this man’s faith was one of them.
What kind of faith do you and I have? Is it amazing? What are we believing God for right now that would be considered amazing by Him?

Anything?

What do you think happened to this soldier’s level of faith for Jesus after he returned home and found his servant healed just like Jesus had promised? I would have liked to have been there when he returned home to see his servant alive and well. I believe both he and his servant would never be the same after that day.

Application

I will try to amaze Jesus with my faith and trust in Him today too!

Prayer

Heavenly Father, help me to have amazing faith in You. You have always amazed me with how You have taken care of us. You have provided for our every need. There has never been a time in our life that we lacked one good thing. Help us show people that they can trust You with every detail of their lives. Give me direction today. I pray for our family, our children and our grandchildren that they would think about You today and Your plan for them. I pray for our church family today that in the business of a Saturday that they would think of You today and You would guide and protect them.

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