"The centurion desired that the Lord should do for him a certain
thing. The Lord said, "I will come," and do it.
The centurion said, No; "speak the word only," and it shall be done.
The centurion, then, expected "the word only" to do the work. He depended upon "the word only" for the fulfillment of his desire. And Jesus said that that is "faith," even "great faith."
Yet you have said, many and many a time, that you would do what the word of God says.
---Often you have depended on yourself to do what the word says, instead of depending on that word to do what it says.
---And then you wondered why you did not succeed better in the Christian life.
The centurion said, No; "speak the word only," and it shall be done.
The centurion, then, expected "the word only" to do the work. He depended upon "the word only" for the fulfillment of his desire. And Jesus said that that is "faith," even "great faith."
Yet you have said, many and many a time, that you would do what the word of God says.
---Often you have depended on yourself to do what the word says, instead of depending on that word to do what it says.
---And then you wondered why you did not succeed better in the Christian life.
There is no place for wonder."
A.T.Jones/Matthew 8:8