Luke 7: 2-9 Jesus heals a centurion's servant

And a centurion’s slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die. When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders asking Him to come and save the life of his slave. When they came to Jesus, they earnestly implored Him, saying, “He is worthy for You to grant this to him; for he loves our nation and it was he who built us our synagogue.” Now Jesus started on His way with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, “Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to come under my roof; for this reason I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I also am a man placed under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.” Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that was following Him, “I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”

Throughout the New Testament, we see repeated signs of gentiles being found with great faith. Although Jesus was sent to the House of Israel, when he came to his own people, they did not receive him. When he was among the gentiles, they came to him as unworthy of him, seeking his mercy on them. Jesus was free to do signs and wonders among them, because they were found to have faith, and that's what is needed to please God.

Daily Prayer: Father, I thank you for the faith you have given me. Do not withhold faith from others in my household. Draw near to them, because unless you do, they may not know you and love you. I praise your name and the name of your son for all that you have done and for all the plans you have for me. In Jesus name I pray Amen.