Scripture lesson: John 4:46-54 A healing
Time to reflect: Jesus challenges the person suggesting that he wasn't really a believer but someone looking for a miracle. The person ignores the challenge, his interest is in his son and is confident that Jesus can take care of it. That is enough for Jesus. The person becomes a believer later.
Moving through the day: I guess this story shows that compassion takes precedence over the normal, belief first then healing that we see in other miracle stories. Think about times or situations where theological purity seems to trump compassion. Think about when you need to reverse the order and put compassion first.
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. 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.
"Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders," Jesus told him, "you will never believe."
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. While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, "The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour."
Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live." So he and all his household believed.
This was the second miraculous sign that Jesus performed, having come from Judea to Galilee.
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