"The royal official said, 'Sir, come down before my child dies'. Jesus replied, 'You may go. Your son will live.' The man took Jesus at his word and departed." (John 4: 49-50, NIV)
Jesus has just performed another act of healing. The royal official came from Capernaum, which was about 20 miles away from where Jesus was at in Cana of Galilee. The official's son was sick, and he had heard about Jesus and His power to heal. The request was for Jesus to go to the son, but instead, Jesus spoke the words and the healing took place. The official took Jesus at His word. He didn't continue to beg Jesus to go. He didn't wait around to see what was going to happen. The official believed and his son was healed.
Sometimes, we want to see signs. Sometimes we want to do actions. But, faith is believing in what Jesus says and going forth. "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." (Hebrews 11: 1) If we had evidence to back it up, that wouldn't be faith now, would it? "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." (Romans 10: 17, KJV) We have the words of God. We have the words of Christ. It's written in the Holy Bible. We just have to take what has already been spoken---and written---and by faith, believe it!
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