while on the way

John 4

43 At the end of the two days, Jesus went on to Galilee.

44 He himself had said that a prophet is not honored in his own hometown.

45 Yet the Galileans welcomed him,

for they had been in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration

and had seen everything he did there.
  

46 As he traveled through Galilee, he came to Cana, where he had turned the water into wine.

There was a government official in nearby Capernaum whose son was very sick.

47 When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Jesus to come to Capernaum to heal his son, who was about to die.

  48 Jesus asked, "Will you never believe in me unless you see miraculous signs and wonders?"

  49 The official pleaded, "Lord, please come now before my little boy dies."

  50 Then Jesus told him, "Go back home. Your son will live!"

And the man believed what Jesus said and started home.
  

51 While the man was on his way, some of his servants met him with the news that his son was alive and well.

52 He asked them when the boy had begun to get better, and they replied,

"Yesterday afternoon at one o'clock his fever suddenly disappeared!"

53 Then the father realized that that was the very time Jesus had told him,

"Your son will live."

And he and his entire household believed in Jesus.

This father had traveled a day journey to see Jesus.

His son was dying.

He plead Jesus to come & heal his little boy.

Jesus tells the father to go home – that his son will live.

The father heads back home.

The next day, his servants who had been traveling to him, meet him on the road & tell him that his son has been healed.

We don't think this story is remarkable because we know the ending.

But let's pretend...

Let's say it's your child who is sick.

You probably go a day's journey to find a rabbi who people are saying heals people.

Today, if you were to drive for a day, you could easily go 700 miles.

But if you fly, you can be really far away – literally on the other side of the world, thousands of miles away.

Let's say you went to see some dude that people said was healing little children of some dreaded disease...

Would you be willing to get back in your car & drive 700 miles back home just on this rabbi's say so?

Would you get right back on a plane & fly home on the other side of the world simply because this rabbi told you your little boy was gonna be ok?

That's what this father did.

Is that what you would do?

Do we trust God enough to be & do things for Him just on His say so?

Are we willing to follow His lead just because we believe He told us where to go & what to be & do?

I mean, really, do we trust Him THAT much?

Many times, it seems that the miraculous & the miracles in our lives don't happen while we're standing right there, communicating & connecting with Jesus.

They often times seem to happen “while we are on our way”, as we move toward what God seems to have led us to be & do.

Just a thought...