The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Matthew 8:5-10, “And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, imploring Him,
6 and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, fearfully tormented.”
7 Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”
8 But the centurion said, “Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
9 “For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”
10 Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, ‘Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel.”

It was in his First Corinthian epistle that he Apostle Paul stated, “But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love” (1 Cor. 13:13). Faith is the belief that something can occur. Hope is the expectation that it will occur; and love is the gratification that it did occur.

Exactly how much of these three powers resided in the heart and mind of this centurion, we are not told. But, his trust in their combination was apparently enough to convince Jesus. The centurion, however, assessed that he and his home were unworthy of the
presence of the Messiah; therefore, he asked simply, “…just say the word, and my servant will be healed.”

The centurion seems an honest man, who truly felt unworthy; yet, if he is willing to lean on Christ for the preservation of the boy, he must allow Him to do everything His own way! The centurion had sufficient faith. He dared not push for more. Such is the same for us: just make your needs known, trust the LORD and leave everything in His capable Hands. He does everything exceedingly well!

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom