After Jesus had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly, and who was ill and close to death. When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave. When they came to Jesus, they appealed to him earnestly, saying, ‘He is worthy of having you do this for him, for he loves our people, and it is he who built our synagogue for us.’ And Jesus went with them, but when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, ‘Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; therefore I did not presume to come to you. But only speak the word, and let my servant be healed. For I also am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, “Go”, and he goes, and to another, “Come”, and he comes, and to my slave, “Do this”, and the slave does it.’ When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, he said, ‘I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.’ When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health. (Luke 7:1-10, NRSV)

“Not even in Israel have I found such faith!”

We trust in things we can see. One of my favorite lines from Santa Clause 2 is “Seeing isn’t believing, believing is seeing.” We get hung up on what we see and that is what we trust in.

But the soldier knew that when Jesus said for it to be, it would be. Because he has trust in those he commands to do what he tells them, He has the trust in Jesus to do what He says He will.

You see trust, faith, belief in the Greek language are all one word and one concept. We get hung up in it, because they are different for us. But are they really?

Faith is the belief in things hoped for the trust of things unseen. We know Jesus can be trusted. So we have faith and believe.

Have faith and believe in Jesus like the Roman soldier did, trusting He will always be with you.