“Jesus told him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”
“Sir,” the official said to him, “come down before my boy dies.”
“Go,” Jesus told him, “your son will live.”
The man believed what Jesus said to him and departed. While he was still going home, his servants met him saying that his boy was alive. He asked them at what time he got better. “Yesterday at one in the afternoon the fever left him,” they answered. The father realized this was the very hour at which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.”
So he himself believed, along with his whole household.”
John 4:48-53 CSB
Belief is an incredible thing…it is the one requirement for salvation yet it is so hard for us. True belief requires actions that are in line with the thing we are placing our faith in. We can say we believe the bridge will hold us all we want, but until we walk out onto it, there is no evidence of faith.
This non-Jewish man showed his belief when he stopped pestering Jesus and returned home… His faith was cemented when he left and became real when he saw his healed son.
We must choose if we will believe, then our faith in Jesus is cemented when we see His action in our lives.
Lord, sometimes my faith is weak…please allow me to see your fingerprints in my life to cement my faith day by day! Forgive me for needing reminders and allowing doubts to creep into my heart!
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