Mon.’s Devo - Faith of the Centurion

Read: Deuteronomy 4:1-49; Luke 6:39-7:10; Pslam 68:1-18; Proverb 11:28 Moses was still giving his speech to his people and was at the part warning them about idolatry. He reminded them of what God did to the wicked at Baal-peor who decided to worship idols with the women of Midian (Numbers 25). And, what happened on Mt. Sinai when God spoke to them with an audible voice and there was fire on the mountain top. God said that He was their God and they were to have no other gods. God only spoke with a voice and they saw no figure of him. He didn’t want them to make any image of him so he didn’t show himself to them. *** Moses went through the Ten Commandments told them that they were to keep them at all times. *** Jesus was in the middle of his most important speech to the people and to us also. He warned us that when we see the faults of others to examine their own lives and see if we weren’t guilty of the same thing. If we have put good treasure in our heart, then good things will come out of it, but an evil person has an evil heart so only evil can come out of it. *** Jesus ended his sermon with this: Only the man who builds his life upon the words of God will stand in the storms of life. *** Then Jesus went into Capernaum and met a centurion who had a dying servant. The centurion had heard of the healing power of Jesus and came to ask him to come to his house to heal his servant. This man was a loved Roman officer who had built a synagogue for the Jews. As Jesus was on his way to his house, he sent a servant to tell him that he didn’t need to make the journey to his house but could just sent the word to heal him and he would be healed. *** Jesus was so amazed that this man understood prayer, faith and authority. When the messengers returned to the man’s house, the centurion’s servant was healed. *** Lord, we thank you that you do answer our prayers and hear our hearts. You are our only God and we trust you with our whole hearts.