Signs and wonders

John 4:46-54

Jesus Heals an Official’s Son

 Then he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had changed the water into wine. Now there was a royal official whose son lay ill in Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.” The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my little boy dies.” Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started on his way. As he was going down, his slaves met him and told him that his child was alive. So he asked them the hour when he began to recover, and they said to him, “Yesterday at one in the afternoon the fever left him.” The father realized that this was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” So he himself believed, along with his whole household. Now this was the second sign that Jesus did after coming from Judea to Galilee.

Signs and wonders

It's what we all seek

If we are to believe the incredible

we want something to justify our effort

There must be some clues

some incentives

to make our belief worthwhile

We are a people of logic

of cold hard fact

Suspicious of anything

that seems like avoidance

of harsh reality

The warm fuzzy feelings

don't do it for us

We want more

More of everything

We take some convincing

that faith is worth the effort

That it merits our squandering

our limited supply of energy

Signs and wonders

That will do just fine