TRUE BELIEF
Matthew 8:13
Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour.
Encouraging Words
True belief in Jesus and the work that He has done and continues to do is not just evidenced in our actions. We have come to a place in our modern Christian thinking that a person's belief in Jesus is seen in how often they attend church or the things that they do for their church or the money they give to the church or the books about Christianity that they read. Even though these things may be evidence of our love for God and our belief in Him we do know that even non-believers do these things as well. Jesus reminds us in this account of the centurion and the healing of his servant that the evidence of his faith had nothing to do with any of the things above but in the unfaltering belief that Jesus could heal his servant right where He was just by His spoken word. Our belief is not measured by God on our actions or words, but on that which is in our hearts. Do we entrust everything in our lives to Him? Do we live by faith that God will meet our every need? Do we live as if there is nothing, and we are nothing, without Him? This is the measure of our belief. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner!
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