Every day, Timothée and I open the Bible and pray together.
Lately we’ve been walking through the pages of Luke’s Gospel.
As we looked this morning at the story of the Roman officer and his sick servant (Ch 7), two principles of the Kingdom of God came to mind:
“Say a word and my servant will be healed.” (v 7)
Because this officer knows what authority means, he knows that Jesus doesn’t need long words for his servant to be healed. One word is enough. If we know who we are in Christ, we don’t necessarily need (when we pray for a sick person, for example) to talk a lot. Some Christians pray little at home and pray at length in public. Jesus, on the other hand, prayed for hours alone and then in public, commanding sickness and demons to flee with only a few words. Jesus, like the Roman officer, knew his authority.
“The officer sent friends to Jesus”. (v 6)
The perfect image of intercession.
The officer (the one in need: his servant is dying)
The friends (those who ‘intercede’, who stand between the officer and Jesus.
Jesus, the One who hears our requests and intervenes on our behalf.
Sometimes we are the officer, sometimes we are the officer’s friends.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank those of you who, like these friends, regularly bring our needs to Jesus.
Yukki and Timothée Paton
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