Imagine having enough faith to impress God. Does that seem a little far-fetched? In Matthew 8, a centurion, a commanding officer of the Roman army, came to Jesus on behalf of his servant who was sick and tormented. When Jesus offered to go to the centurions home and heal his servant, the officer said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed (verse 8). Now here was a man who understood the power of words. He was, after all, an army officer. When he spoke, everyone listened-and then they did what he said. In this case, so did Jesus. Why was Jesus so quick to respond? Because the mans words were full of faith. In fact, when Jesus heard the centurions reply, He was astonished, and said, I tell you, truly I have not found so much faith as this with any one, even in Israel (verse 10, The Amplified Bible). The faith that so impressed Jesus was the centurions willingness to believe without requiring a spectacular sign or wonder from heaven. All he needed in order to believe that Jesus could heal his servant was the Word. Speak the word only, he said. And within the hour his servant was healed. Who Needs a Miracle. . . That same faith and greater-faith that impresses God-is available to every one of us through Gods Word. God sent His Word to heal us. He sent it to deliver us ( Psalms 107:20). The Word became flesh-in the person of Jesus-and lived among us. In Him, in God, in the Word, is life, and that life is our light ( John 1:1-14; Psalms 119:105). The Apostle Peter called the Word of God the more sure word. More sure than what? Well, to begin with, Peter had seen his share of signs and wonders. The greatest, perhaps, was when he accompanied Jesus, along with James and John, to a mountain where they actually heard the audible voice of God, and watched as Jesus spoke face to face with Moses and Elijah. Peter was so impressed that he offered to build tents for everyone and camp there for a while ( Matthew 17:4). But in spite of all the glorious manifestations of God that he had seen and heard, Peter later had this to say: For we have not followed cunningly devised fables...but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For [Jesus] received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. Believe To wake Up your Faith, what Jesus has Don you and I can do better ! He said Greater Works shall ya Do
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 06:38:57 +0000