Jesus, God’s Son left Heaven to show how God works, for their faith had faltered over the years. God was silent. But did God leave?

Luke 7, The Message

A Place of Holy Mystery
7 1-5 When he finished speaking to the people, he entered Capernaum. A Roman captain there had a servant who was on his deathbed. He prized him highly and didn’t want to lose him. When he heard Jesus was back, he sent leaders from the Jewish community asking him to come and heal his servant. They came to Jesus and urged him to do it, saying, “He deserves this. He loves our people. He even built our meeting place.”

6-8 Jesus went with them. When he was still quite far from the house, the captain sent friends to tell him, “Master, you don’t have to go to all this trouble. I’m not that good a person, you know. I’d be embarrassed for you to come to my house, even embarrassed to come to you in person. Just give the order and my servant will get well. I’m a man under orders; I also give orders. I tell one soldier, ‘Go,’ and he goes; another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

9-10 Taken aback, Jesus addressed the accompanying crowd: “I’ve yet to come across this kind of simple trust anywhere in Israel, the very people who are supposed to know about God and how he works.” When the messengers got back home, they found the servant up and well.

11-15 Not long after that, Jesus went to the village Nain. His disciples were with him, along with quite a large crowd. As they approached the village gate, they met a funeral procession—a woman’s only son was being carried out for burial. And the mother was a widow. When Jesus saw her, his heart broke. He said to her, “Don’t cry.” Then he went over and touched the coffin. The pallbearers stopped. He said, “Young man, I tell you: Get up.” The dead son sat up and began talking. Jesus presented him to his mother.

16-17 They all realized they were in a place of holy mystery, that God was at work among them. They were quietly worshipful—and then noisily grateful, calling out among themselves, “God is back, looking to the needs of his people!” The news of Jesus spread all through the country.

Jesus is pleasantly surprise at the faith of a Roman captain not considered one of “God’s chosen people”. Because of his faith and humble attitude, Jesus heals his servant from a distance. Jesus also uses this as a teachable moment in trust…”I’ve yet to come across this kind of simple trust anywhere in Israel, the very people who are supposed to know about God and how he works.”

Jesus’ heart breaks at a widow’s grief over the death of her only son and brings him back to life! “God is back!”, proclaim the people, “looking to the needs of his people”.

These two miraculous acts of love were to show the glory of God and how HE works. God has always been at work, is at work and will be at work. He never sleeps. WE are his work, his Masterpieces, who are not quite completely finished. We need to realize that we come to that place of holy mystery when we know God is at work in us, around us and through us…AND in other’s lives, too. Allow God to do His best in you. Look for Him, He will be found. God did not move…but sometimes, we do. Come back.

Dear Heavenly Father, We come back to You and realize that you have always been at work in us. You are God and we are not. I give you my life. Transform me to be all you intended for me to be. I was lost but now I’m found. Show the way and I will follow. All my trust and faith is in You. Continue to be with us.
In Jesus Name, Amen