So Jesus Himself came again into Cana of Galilee , where He made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum . When he had heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Gaililee, he went unto Him, and besought Him that He would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. The nobleman saith unto Him, Sir, come down ere my child die. Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the Word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house. This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when He was come out of Judaea into Galilee . John, Chapter 4, verses 46-54.
The thing that made all the difference in the life of the young boy was what the father believed Jesus when He told him that his son liveth. Now if the father had doubted Jesus, his son would be dead and he would have always regretted not having had the faith necessary to trust Jesus.
The sad thing is that some can’t believe that Jesus is going to take care of their needs. It’s almost funny that they can believe things like the following:
It’s funny, they can believe their concerns are going to be taken care of by sending money to someone on TV, but they don’t trust in Jesus. It’s funny, they can believe in someone who looks at some tea leaves, crystals or lines in their hands, but they don’t trust in Jesus. It’s funny, some can believe in chanting some positive affirmation, but they don’t trust in Jesus. It’s funny, some believe in looking at their horoscope, but they don’t trust in Jesus. It’s funny, some can believe in putting positive thoughts in their minds, but they don’t trust in Jesus. People can believe in all these ridiculous things and all they had to do was to have faith in Jesus. It’s almost so simple that it eludes them.
We have choices in our lives. We can believe God is going to take care of our concerns in whichever way is His will (because He sees the Big Picture). Or as Doubting Christians, we can live to regret, not having the faith necessary to trust Jesus.
Here is a related passage:
*And when He was come into the house, the blind men came to Him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto Him, Yea, Lord. Then touched He their eyes, saying, according to your faith be it unto you. And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. Matthew, Chapter 9, verses 28-30.
Since this is an example of the positive influence God has made on my walk with Christ, this may not reflect the whole meaning of the Bible verses.