Today I want to share from Joseph Prince's "Grace Inspirations".
HOW DO YOU SEE GOD?
Luke 7:9 When Jesus heard these
things, He marveled at him, and turned around and said to the crowd that
followed Him, “I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in
Israel!”
The way you see Jesus, the
revelation that you have of Him, will not affect God’s acceptance of you. But
it will affect your acceptance of what God has for you. It will affect how you
receive from Him.
Consider the Roman centurion who
told Jesus, “You don’t have to come to my house. Just speak the word and my
servant at home will be healed” (see Luke 7:6–7). Compare him with Jairus, the
ruler of a synagogue, who told Jesus, “My daughter is dying. Please come to my
house and lay Your hands on her, and she shall live” (see Mark 5:22–23).
Do you know that Jesus does not
have to go to your house to heal you? So why did Jesus follow Jairus to his
house? Jesus had to come down to Jairus’ level of faith. Jairus believed that
his daughter could be healed, but only if Jesus came and laid His hands on her.
The centurion was different. He
said, “Lord, You don’t have to come to my house. I know who You are.” This
centurion believed that Jesus did not have to come to his house for his servant
to be healed. He believed that Jesus only needed to speak the word. He said to
Jesus, “Just speak the word and my servant at home will be healed.”
Do you know who Jesus is? The
centurion had a greater understanding of who Jesus is than Jairus, the ruler of
the synagogue, and he wasn’t even a Jew!
Jesus asked his disciples, “Why
are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?” (Mark 4:40). He even
remarked, “O you of little faith” (Matthew 6:30). But to the woman whose
daughter was demon-possessed, He said, “O woman, great is your faith!” (Matthew
15:28). And to the centurion, He declared, “I have not found such great faith,
not even in Israel!”
My desire is for you to have an
accurate understanding of who Jesus is because when your revelation of Jesus is
big, you will know what has been freely given to you. And when you know what is
yours in Christ Jesus, you will be rich in all things!
Amen! Our God IS GOD! The ONE and ONLY! The greatness of our PERCEPTION of God will cause us to have the faith needed to believe Him for BIG things! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "This Is Our God":
Shalom in Him!
