There are many accounts that happen in Christ life between last weeks lesson and this weeks lesson, one I want to point out is from Matthew 8:5-13. Please take the time to read this and meditate on it. Its the story of the Centurion who has a paralyzed servant. Several things stand out to me in this encounter. First, this man is a gentile and secondly the person he is so concerned for is not even his family but a servant. What does this say about this man's character?
This man approaches Jesus to ask for healing and Christ says "I will go and heal him." Look at this man's response, this is a man who KNOWS authority when he sees it! He states "Just SAY the word and my servant will be healed." But even as bold in faith as that was, Jesus next action is what my prayer for my life is. The Bible says that when Jesus heard this he was ASTONISHED!! astonish--"to fill with sudden wonder" Oh to be the kind of person whose faith is so great that I could literally fill Jesus with sudden wonder!
This was a very important man who could have been full of selfishness, pride , and arrogance, but instead chose to be humble and trusting.
As I once read in a study done several years ago, "the closer Christ's presence comes to us, the more humble a discerning person becomes."
What about you, do you desire to have the kind of faith that ASTONISHES Christ?
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Very interesting. I didn't realize we could "astonish" Jesus!
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