This passage is from the story where Jesus heals the slave of a Centurion, an officer in the Roman army. This Roman had shown great faith in Jesus when he asked for Jesus to heal one of his slaves, insisting that Jesus could do it just by speaking the word.
Luke 7: 1-10 7 After Jesus had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. 2 A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly, and who was ill and close to death. 3 When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave. 4 When they came to Jesus, they appealed to him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy of having you do this for him, 5 for he loves our people, and it is he who built our synagogue for us.” 6 And Jesus went with them, but when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; 7 therefore I did not presume to come to you. But only speak the word, and let my servant be healed. 8 For I also am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and the slave does it.” 9 When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, he said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” 10 When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.
As I read these words, the fact that Jesus was "amazed" caused me to pause. Here is God, creator of all things, amazed by a man. This just reveals how much in love, God is with us, that he looks upon us with amazement when we put our faith in Him. This is evidence that God did not create us as puppets on a string to be manipulated by Him, but He created us to be in a relationship where we can be amazed by Him and He can be amazed by us.
The next time I am wowed by God's grace and love, I will find joy in knowing that God will rejoice that my faith in Him is growing.
Discover and Proclaim the Truth of The Bible which is: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life." (John 3:16 NRSV). Jesus came to humanity to proclaim and give evidence to that love and He has commanded us to do the same. We, who believe, must not merely be followers, but we must be proclaimers of the Gospel Message and we can only do that by being filled with the love of God.
