JANUARY 24, John 4:46-54

In Cana, a wealthy man was desperate. However, his power and wealth could not give him what he wanted: recovery for his very sick son. Knowing that Jesus could work miracles, he sought help from our Saviour.

Initially, Jesus rebuked the man for wanting to see only signs and wonders; he would only believe if Jesus could miraculously heal his son. The man humbly accepted the Lord’s rebuke and did not argue. Instead, he begged Jesus to see and heal his child before he died. Instead of going to see the child, Jesus gave him a test – and told him that his son would be healed even without Him seeing him. The man passed the test because he believed Jesus, he no longer needed to see to believe. For him, ‘believing is seeing’. For most people, even for us today, very often it is ‘seeing is believing’. For Christians, it should be the reverse: that ‘believing is seeing’.

Answer these statements with a T for True or F for False.

1. Jesus healed the man’s daughter.    (    )

2. Jesus healed the son by going to see him.    (    )

3. Jesus healed the son with His word.    (    )

4. Because he was wealthy, the man was proud.    (    )

5. The man had faith to believe that Jesus will heal his son.    (    )

Thought: Faith sees what you believe.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, please grant me that simple faith of believing Your every word which is contained in the Bible. Help me to realise that with faith, I can do what others cannot: to see what I believe. Help me

to see how your grace and mercy has been manifested in my life. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.