Day 10 - March 9th 2022
READ John 4:43-54
43 After the two days he left for Galilee. 44 (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.) 45 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, for they also had been there.
46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.
48 “Unless you people see signs and wonders,” Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”
49 The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
50 “Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.”
The man took Jesus at his word and departed. 51 While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. 52 When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, “Yesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him.”
53 Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” So he and his whole household believed.
54 This was the second sign Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.
Think about John 4:50
“Jesus said to him, ‘Go; your son will live.’ The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way.”
The man who came to Jesus for help was an official in the court of Herod. The Jews in the crowd saw Herod’s court as antithetical to everything they believed in—it was known for violence, murder, and tyranny. When Jesus said, “Go; your son will live,” the man immediately believed and went on his way. The boy was healed, and the Jews of Galilee saw that God’s love extends to ALL who seek it. Even those in Herod’s court!
Think about someone in your life who is far from God’s grace. Pray that God will draw them to Himself, and ask Him to make you an instrument of His love.