43 After the two days he departed for Galilee. 44 (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.) 45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast. For they too had gone to the feast. 46 So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48 So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.” 49 The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” 50 Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. 51 As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was recovering. 52 So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” 53 The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” And he himself believed, and all his household. 54 This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee. (John 4:43-54 – English Standard Version)
Our God is an almighty God. He has the power to make impossible possible. However, our faith in God is not about miraculous signs and wonders. It is not about expecting the unexpected. It is not about extraordinary experience. It is about believing. Believing the word that Jesus speaks. The official demanded Jesus to heal his son and asked Jesus to see his child before he dies. Jesus asked the officer to go and told him that his son will live. In response, the official believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went back home, without hesitation. When we stop demanding God to do things for us and start believing His words, we are allowing room for God’s work and will experience His almighty power.
“The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way.” (John 4:50)
