" Just say the word."

Jesus was amazed by the faith

of a Roman centurion living in Capernaum.

This was because when Jesus said

He would go to the centurion's house

to heal his servant who was suffering greatly from paralysis,

the centurion replied, 'Lord,

I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.

Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.'

Because of this, Jesus told the centurion,

'Go, let it be done just as you believed,'

and at that very moment, his servant was healed

(Matthew 8:5-13).

As I meditate on this word,
I want to imitate the faith of the centurion,

which even amazed our Lord.

Although my faith is as small as a grain of wheat

(John 12:24),

I want to live by faith, not by what is visible,

but by the word of promise spoken by the Lord

(who is the Word through whom the heavens

and the earth were created, John 1:1; Genesis 1).

Personally, the promise I received from the Lord

is found in John 6:1-15,

and the promise received as a church

is from Matthew 16:18.

I want to live by faith

(2 Corinthians 5:7).