I am not worthy

TODAY'S READING: Matthew 8:5-13
I am so amazed at the humility of the Roman officer. Here is a man with great power in the military who realizes his real place in the world. He may be able to control his soldiers, but he has no real control in this thing called life.
This man understands the power that Jesus has. He knows that with a word Jesus can heal his servant. He comes to Jesus acknowledging that only Jesus can handle this. And Jesus compliments this man's faith.
I don't know about you, but I struggle with having faith like this. So often I think I can handle it on my own. "Don't worry Jesus, I've got this one under control." Ever say that? Those may not have been the words you used, but is that what you believe at times?
I firmly believe that so often we accomplish less than we could for God not because He doesn't have the power. Rather, we are unwilling to trust Him to do what He has all the ability to do.
We like to have God in a little box where He does things on our terms. He gets involved in our life when we want Him to. We are able to keep Him put away when we do things the way we want.
That may mean putting God in storage when we commit that sin that we don't want Him to see.
It could be that we want to do it our way.
Sometimes we simply have too much pride to "need" God.
We as a church and as individuals could accomplish so much more for God if we would simply approach Him with the humility of the Roman officer and place our trust in Him.Let me finish today with a prayer that Paul recorded 2,000 years ago, but is just as relevant now...
"When I think of the wisdom and scope of God's plan, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit. And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love. And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Now glory be to God! By his mighty power at work within us, he is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope. May he be given glory in the church and in Christ Jesus forever and ever through endless ages. Amen." (Ephesians 3:14-21)

shine!
Jason