Reflecting on John 4:46-54“So (this royal official) and his whole household believed.” (John 4:53)
This man works for King Herod Antipas (literally ‘belonging to the king’).
He knew Herod’s authority, how his word made things happen.
He also knew about Herod’s character, that he was not a great man.
This Herod, who divorced his wife to marry his sister-in-law, who beheaded John.
This man worked for Herod, but did he put his confidence in Herod?
When his son was sick, he didn’t run to Herod… he ran to Jesus.
When Jesus says ‘your son will live’, he takes Jesus at His word.
Through this encounter with Jesus, he and his whole household believed.
As followers of Jesus, we work for a variety of employers, some better than others.
To some degree we can trust them, but only in a limited way.
The longer we know them, the less we trust them them (ask Ann Coulter if she still trusts Trump).
Our faith should be in Jesus, not in our human leaders – work, government or church.
When we compare our leaders to Jesus, they will always fall short.
They make mistakes, they have blind spots, they serve themselves, they show favoritism.
Jesus, not _______ (name of any leader or authority), is the one we should trust.
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, this applies to me as a leader too. Remind people that I lead that I am flawed too. Help me to point people to You, as the only leader they can fully trust.
The coins once upon a time had the saying ‘in God we trust.’ Where do we put our trust? In money? In leaders who desire recognition of the power they represent, wanting it their own way at any cost? We are not in control for our world belongs to God. I am His and He is mine and His banner over me is love. I need daily to practice His way as He taught His disciples to be instruments of His peace,