{"id":2762,"date":"2021-06-04T10:12:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T18:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2021-06-04T10:12:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T18:12:25","slug":"devotion-john-443-54-the-unfolding-plan-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2762","title":{"rendered":"Devotion John 4:43-54 The Unfolding Plan Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

John 4:43-54\u00a0<\/b>–\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>After the two days\u00a0He left for Galilee.\u00a044\u00a0(Now Jesus Himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)\u00a045\u00a0When He arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all that He had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,\u00a0for they also had been there.\u00a0 46\u00a0Once more He visited Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine.\u00a0And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. 47\u00a0When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea,\u00a0he went to Him and begged Him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.\u00a0 48\u00a0\u201cUnless you people see signs and wonders,\u201d\u00a0Jesus told him,\u00a0\u201cyou will never believe.\u201d\u00a0 49\u00a0The royal official said, \u201cSir, come down before my child dies.\u201d\u00a0 50\u00a0\u201cGo,\u201d\u00a0Jesus replied,\u00a0\u201cyour son will live.\u201d\u00a0 The man took Jesus at his word and departed.\u00a051\u00a0While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living.\u00a052\u00a0When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, \u201cYesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him.\u201d\u00a0 53\u00a0Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him,\u00a0\u201cYour son will live.\u201d\u00a0So he and his whole household\u00a0believed.\u00a0 54\u00a0This was the second sign\u00a0Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cOnce more He visited Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine.\u00a0And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. 47\u00a0When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea,\u00a0he went to Him and begged Him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>The people of Cana already knew of Jesus as it was the place of His first public miracle and they had heard of the miracles He had done in Jerusalem.\u00a0 Was turning water into wine the first miracle that Jesus ever did?\u00a0 We don\u2019t know, the scripture does not mention one predating this one.\u00a0 Yet, in Mary\u2019s confidence that we see in\u00a0John 2:1-5<\/b>\u00a0she is certain He will do something miraculous.\u00a0 Why is she so sure?\u00a0 Well, besides that she is confident that He will do what His mama has requested, it strongly suggests that she has seen Him do one before.\u00a0 Maybe a few, maybe many?\u00a0 For His mama?\u00a0 Think about it, but if He could before bless her or others, do you think He might have done so with discretion? (Proverbs 3:27<\/b>)\u00a0 We don\u2019t know for sure, but because of His love, perhaps so. \u00a0So the first recorded miracle may be just that, the first \u201crecorded\u201d miracle of His public ministry. \u00a0Perhaps what you know of Him will give you an answer you can receive?<\/p>\n

John likely here mentions the first miracle to give reason why the official knew Jesus had divine power to heal His son.\u00a0 The man is not doubting that Jesus could, only hoping that He would.\u00a0 Which father or mother, with a child near death, would not do the same?<\/p>\n

\u201cUnless you people see signs and wonders,\u201d\u00a0Jesus told him,\u00a0\u201cyou will never believe.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0 This statement by Jesus seems to be pointed at the official, yet it may have been pointed to the Jewish leaders and those in the crowd.\u00a0\u00a01 Corinthians 1:22<\/b>\u00a0\u201cJews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom<\/i>.\u201d He knew their hearts and minds and many were there to see a performance, not because they believed that He Himself was the long awaited Messiah. (John 2:24<\/b>) \u00a0Still some did and Jesus responded in love.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe royal official said, \u201cSir, come down before my child dies.\u201d\u00a0 50\u00a0\u201cGo,\u201d\u00a0Jesus replied,\u00a0\u201cyour son will live.\u201d\u00a0 The man took Jesus at his word and departed.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0 The man persists, as He should.\u00a0 (Matthew 7:7<\/b>)\u00a0 This man persisted because he had some level of faith in Jesus.\u00a0 He came because of a level of faith.\u00a0 This man likely worked for King Herod.\u00a0 Yet Jesus responded to this man\u2019s faith and proclaimed His son healed.\u00a0 Not will be, but at the proclamation of Jesus was immediately healed.\u00a0 The man did not then ask \u201cReally?\u00a0 How can I be sure?\u00a0 You\u2019re serious, right?\u201d\u00a0 No, he believed, he stopped asking and went on his way.\u00a0 That is faith.\u00a0 How many of us ask and then are not so sure of how our Lord will respond.\u00a0 We can\u2019t drop it. We continue to be tormented.\u00a0 Do we continue to doubt how God will respond?\u00a0 Once the official received the answer He did not continue to ask, He simply went on with his life and was certain that Jesus had healed His son. \u00a0Lord may I likewise pray and believe.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living.\u00a052\u00a0When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, \u201cYesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him.\u201d\u00a0 53\u00a0Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him,\u00a0\u201cYour son will live.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0 From Capernaum to Cana was about a four hour walk.\u00a0 So we know that the official did not go straight home after Jesus told him that his son was healed.\u00a0 We know because the servant of the official told him that the boy was healed \u201cyesterday<\/i>\u201d at around 1:00 P.M., which was the exact time that Jesus had said the boy was healed.\u00a0 The Father knew that indeed it was Jesus who had spoken the word and the boy was healed.\u00a0 So, the father could have been home the same day to verify the healing, but he no longer worried about his son because he by faith knew his son would be healed.\u00a0 Now how many of us could have continued on to do business and not rushed to confirm that the boy was healed?\u00a0 Most of us, likely including me, would have rushed home to confirm.\u00a0 This man had great faith in Jesus and that faith was rewarded.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo he and his whole household\u00a0believed.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0 The father celebrated Jesus to his family and then with his family.\u00a0 They likely knew that when he left he was going to ask Jesus to heal his son and they all likely prayed that all would go well.\u00a0 Family and Friends, if there is a family concern, or crisis, don\u2019t shelter it from your children.\u00a0 Ask them to join in praying to the Lord.\u00a0 Then, when the Lord answers your prayer, both you and they will rejoice.\u00a0 The answered prayer will be an answer to their parents\u2019 prayers, but also to theirs. Therefore your faith is a shared faith and they will be amazed and thankful to God, just as you are.\u00a0 In thus your faith and their faith is grown and strengthened.\u00a0 Praise God!<\/p>\n

As the song verses say \u201cTrust and obey, For there\u2019s no other way, To be happy in Jesus, But to trust and obey.\u201d\u00a0 And that we do because He has revealed Himself to us.\u00a0 Praise God!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/qQB_rYBz2pE<\/a><\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear\u00a0me.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has\u00a0shown you, Oh man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; and what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of you, but\u00a0to do justly, to love\u00a0mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.<\/i><\/p>\n

Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John 4:43-54\u00a0–\u00a0\u00a0After the two days\u00a0He left for Galilee.\u00a044\u00a0(Now Jesus Himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)\u00a045\u00a0When He arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all that He had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,\u00a0for they also had been there.\u00a0 46\u00a0Once more He visited Cana…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[129,100,101,94,1874,88,17],"class_list":["post-2762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-corinthians","tag-john","tag-matthew","tag-micah","tag-numbers","tag-proverbs","tag-psalm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2762"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2763,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762\/revisions\/2763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}