Do you ever wish you had a magic word? You know some word that you could say that would make everything in your world alright? I don't know what word it would be but there are times when I think I might like to have such a word. It'd be pretty handy, I think.
In this story, Jesus meets up with a centurion whose servant is sick. He asks Jesus to heal the servant and Jesus is all set to go to the centurion's home and heal the man. But the centurion says no, Jesus doesn't need to come but rather needs to "just say the word" and the servant will be healed.
Jesus is astonished at the man's faith and does exactly what He is asked. And the centurion's servant is healed at that very hour.
I wish "the word" had been recorded, don't you? I wonder if it was a special word associated with healing or it was a prayer Jesus prayed. Maybe he didn't even say it out loud. Maybe it was just Jesus' acknowledgement of the centurion's faith that did it.
In fact, perhaps it was the words of the centurion that really brought the healing around. When he confessed that Jesus had the power to heal and that he believed it would happen. Maybe that was the word that actually caused the healing.
Where do you need healing today? And are you asking for healing through your faith in Jesus?
- Holly Barrett
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