Faith is a priceless gift that the Lord has given us – His children. We are astonished to read that during the time when Jesus was on this earth, even the Jews did not have the mind to believe Him, but some of the Gentiles had great faith in Him. As a result, they were delivered from their problems in a supernatural way. The first example is that of a Roman centurion. His servant was on the deathbed and he knew that Jesus had the power to heal the sick. But he had such a tremendous faith in Jesus that he told Him He believed that just by the word that came out of Jesus’ mouth, a miracle would take place and healing would be accomplished. Jesus Himself was astonished and commended him for his great faith.

The second example is that of a Canaanite woman. (Matthew 15:22) This woman’s daughter was possessed by an evil spirit and she begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her. In spite of the repeated discouraging words that Jesus uttered, seeing her humility and persistence, Jesus commended her saying, And at that very hour her daughter was healed.


Friends, how is our faith level today? Jesus said if we have faith as small as a mustard seed, even if we say to a mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea’ it will be done. Many times our prayers are not answered because the ‘size’ of our faith is much, much ‘smaller’ than the mustard seed. Let us be motivated by the centurion’s faith and the faith of the Canaanite woman. Let us humble ourselves before the Lord and trust that He can do great things