OCU C)OST C Devotion 03
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MATTHEW 8 – UNCANNY FAITH
“And Jesus said unto him, I will come and heal him. The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, come, and he cometh; and to my servant, do this, and he does it. When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.“ Matthew 8:7-10
Wow, what an incredible story of a man who possessed uncanny faith. There is no doubt, this centurion believed in a way that leaves many of us professing Christians impressed. Impressed because many Christians who claim to have faith in Christ tend to demonstrate the lack thereof in their personal life.
When you accept Jesus as your lord, you are not only accepting Him as your God and savior but also the life He has predetermined in your life. In other words, as Christians, we are called to trust the Lord in whatever circumstance we may be in. Why you may ask? Because God knows our infirmities, our wants, and our future. It’s the saints calling to live our lives with “godliness and contentment” in whatever state He calls us to live in.
Therefore, it’s the believer’s duty to trust the Lord in whatever circumstance they may be in, and place whatever burdens we have right before the footstool of our God.
CHALLENGE
My friend, have you trusted in the saving grace of the Lord Jesus? If so, God has called us to trust the Lord, even in dark times. May we be like the centurion, one who exemplified uncanny faith and trust in the Lord, no matter what scenario we may be in!
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I love this passage. I think in another synoptic gospel it names the centurion as Jairus, but the faith displayed here is remarkable. It is fascinating that Jesus said in all Israel he hadn’t seen such faith. These are His people, the people who were supposed to have had the market or real estate on the one true God cornered, so if anyone should have had faith it should have been them. Much the same, since we are the body of Christ, and serve the true and living God it is interesting how we can have faith in the area of healing, but lack it in the area of finances, or job promotion. I think many things are a result of people not knowing, speaking and hearing the word. If we don’t know what his word says about Him becoming poor, that we thru His poverty might become rich, we can’t speak it, or believe it and the word tells us faith comes by hearing & hearing by the word of God, so we need to keep the word before us, in our mouth and believing what we speak when we hear it. We have to be like the centurion & whether or not someone prophetically comes to us, or picks us out in the congregation, or on the street to say speak a word over us, we have to be able to speak the word of God over our own lives and agree with the Holy Spirit in faith that God will do just what His word promises us today. Jesus said blessed are those who don’t see & yet still believe. I trust God to do exceedingly and abundantly above all we could ask or think, so any area that is lacking in my life I am praying with a spirit of expectation that God will prosper me in every area of my life even as my soul prospers. And I pray the same for you as well.
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The centurion’s faith in this passage is amazing, because even though he was not of the Jewish community, he trusted in Jesus, in His power, and in His authority. The centurion understood how authority worked because of his own experience and believed that Jesus had the heavenly authority to heal his servant.
The centurion was humble enough to ask Jesus for help, even though the Romans were the ones occupying the Hebrew land at the time. He was so humble that he felt he did not deserve to have Jesus come to his home.
Also, the centurion was kind enough to want his servant to get better and be healed. It is amazing that both Jesus and the centurion cared about a servant, who was considered as a lower status during that time period.
Later, Jesus tells him to go home because his servant is healed. When the centurion goes back, he finds out that the servant was healed at the time when Jesus told him. Jesus does have the heavenly authority, and because the centurion believed, he and his servant were blessed.
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