He was amazed at him

The Faith of the Centurion
Luke 7:1 - 10

“1When Jesus had finished saying all this in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. 2There a centurion's servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. 3The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. 4When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, "This man deserves to have you do this, 5because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue." 6So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. 7That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and that one, 'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
9When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel." 10Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.”

I love it when I read scripture that I have read a hundred times before and yet something so huge jumps out at me it’s like I have never read it before. That’s why the Bible is “The Living Word!”

I read this scripture last night and again today. I can’t get it out of my head. When Jesus heard of the Centurion’s faith he says he was “amazed at him.” Wait on a cotton-pickin’ second – our Lord, the one who knows all, was amazed by the actions of a human. Is that wild or what? To think that I, little me, could amaze Jesus. I want that – I want to amaze Jesus.

The original word for amazed in verse 9 is thaumazo, meaning “to wonder, marvel, be struck with admiration or astonishment.” That is how I think of Jesus, but to think that my faith in Him could lead him to think the same of me. Amazing.

Come, Lord Jesus.