What Is “Great Faith?"

Then Jesus answered and said to her, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire".  And her daughter was healed from that very hour. -Matthew 15:28

Jesus said the Syrophenician woman had great faith. If she had faith under the old covenant, we surely ought to have faith under the new covenant.

What made this woman’s faith great? She put so much confidence in Jesus’ Word that she came for healing for her daughter—and didn’t even bring the daughter with her. In essence, she said to Jesus, “You just say the word, and my daughter will be healed.”

In Matthew 8:6-8, a Roman centurion displayed that kind of great faith. He came to Jesus and said, “My servant is at home sick.”

Jesus answered, I will come and heal him.””

He said, “No, I’m not worthy that you should come under my roof. If you’ll just speak the Word, my servant will be healed.”

Many people in the Bible operated in faith: the ten lepers (Luke 17:12-19), the nobleman at Capernaum whose son was sick (John 4:46-53) and, of course, Abraham (Rom. 4:19). They all operated in faith, saying, “Whatever You say, Lord, we'll believe it. We take You at Your Word. We don’t need goose bumps; we don’t need burning bushes. You say it, and we’ll go our way believing.”

Great faith always takes God at His Word. That’s why, in Mark 11:24, Jesus said, “When you pray, believe the answer has been granted to you, and you will have it!”

CONFESSION:

The written Word is God’s word to me today. I believe, I receive and I go my way praising and thanking God for my answer. I have great faith because I take God at His word!

From: A Devotional for Divine Health Prescription for a Miracle, Mark Brazee, 1999