A Gentiles Great Faith

Matthew 8:5 Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, 6 saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.” 7 And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.” 8 The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
10 When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel! 11 And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” 13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour.

Can you hear the complete desperation of this centurion?  One would assume, that this place of life is to be avoided at all costs.  I don't believe that.  What great blessing it is to live knowing only Jesus is your way out.  I would rather live a poor life now with complete trust in Christ than a wealth tycoon who doesn't see his need for Jesus.  LORD, that my faith & trust in You at least parallels this mans every day of my life.  There is great strength in knowing that Jesus is all you have and all you need.  I never, even as a christian, want to trust in my own abilities or provisions to meet my needs.  I want to know they are being met by Chrsit alone.