Thursday August 03rd, 2023
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5When Jesus was going into the town of Capernaum, an army officer came up to him and said, 6“Lord, my servant is at home in such terrible pain that he can’t even move.”
7“I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied.
8But the officer said, “Lord, I’m not good enough for you to come into my house. Just give the order, and my servant will get well.
9 I have officers who give orders to me, and I have soldiers who take orders from me. I can say to one of them, ‘Go!’ and he goes. I can say to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes. I can say to my servant, ‘Do this!’ and he will do it.”
10When Jesus heard this, he was so surprised that he turned and said to the crowd following him, “I tell you in all of Israel I’ve never found anyone with this much faith!
11 Many people will come from everywhere to enjoy the feast in the kingdom of heaven with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
12 But the ones who should have been in the kingdom will be thrown out into the dark. They will cry and grit their teeth in pain.”
13Then Jesus said to the officer, “You may go home now. Your faith has made it happen.” Right then his servant was healed.
I am pleased to announce to you today that just one encounter with the Almighty, with whom there is no impossibility, is all that you need to make all your problems a thing of the past.
Not only will your problems be dealt with through an encounter with Him, you will also receive the mother of all blessings, which is eternal life.
The story of the centurion who encountered Jesus Christ is a good example of the possibilities that a divine encounter brings.
Incidentally, this centurion was not a Jew. Nobody can tell how he got to know about Jesus but suffice it to say that he was singled out for this encounter by divine arrangement.
Typical of a soldier, he went straight to the point in his communication with Jesus, and the Lord offered to come to his house to grant his request.
Amazingly, even though he was not a Jew, this centurion demonstrated great faith in the Messiah of the Jews. He declined Jesus’ offer to come to his house, saying that the Master just needed to speak a word and his servant would be healed.
He believed that whatever Jesus said would definitely come to pass.
The Lord was touched by this demonstration of faith, commending it as the sort He had not seen in Israel.
Beloved, let us learn from the centurion. He was out to get healing for his servant and this led him to Jesus.
This encounter produced results because he had great expectations.
Whenever you come before the Lord’s presence, you will be wise to come before Him with a pure heart that expects significant things from Him.
Go before the Lord believing like the centurion did.
You will notice that the centurion applied what he knew about authority as a soldier to connect with a profound spiritual principle.
It is unfortunate that instead of allowing God to use their professional background to help them understand divine principles, some people rather allow the devil to convince them that there is no God.
The reality of human efforts being futile without God is what convinced Peter, an experienced fisherman, that his catch of fish at the Lord’s direction was not ordinary (Psalm 127:1, Luke 5:8).
He therefore bowed to the divine supremacy of the preacher who knew more about fish than any experienced fisherman.
This encounter changed Peter’s life permanently, making him famous in almost all the nations of the world.
The woman with the issue of blood, who declared the words of today’s memory verse, also had a divine encounter with Jesus, which put an end to pain, shame and waste in her life.
In order not to miss your day of visitation by the Lord, never get too familiar with His works.
Always appreciate His miracles and let your heart be full of expectation of a divine encounter at all times.
I pray that you will not miss your day of visitation, like the children of Israel did, in Jesus’ Name (Luke 13:34-35).
Prayer point: Father, cause me to encounter You in a special way today.
Author: Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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