St. Luke 7: 1 – 10

Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

2 And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.

3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.

4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:

5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.

6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:

7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.

8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.

I looked up the word; this is what I found: faith

/fāTH/

noun

noun: faith

1. 1. complete trust or confidence in someone or something.”this restores one’s faith in politicians” h Similar:trust

belief

confidence

conviction

credence

reliance

dependence

optimism

hopefulness

hope

expectation

h

Opposite:

mistrust

2.

strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.

“bereaved people who have shown supreme faith”

h

Similar:

religion

church

sect

denomination

persuasion

Jesus had not found such ‘great faith’ in all of Israel. I wonder what He would find now? Is our own faith in Him that great? The most difficult ending of a prayer, before we say Amen, is “thy will be done”. Because we really mean, let Your will be what I want it to be in this situation. But we can’t see what He sees. We can’t know what He knows. When His will goes against our hope, I strongly suspect we’ve been spared from something even worse. I believe that. Just keep in mind the lesson of the mustard seed.