During a couples Bible study we discussed Matthew 8. Here we see two measurements of faith.

One we see the Roman centurion who asked Jesus to heal his paralyzed servant. But what was unusual is that the centurion said that Jesus would only need to speak the word and his servant could be healed. Jesus remarked that “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith,” – Matthew 8:10.

Then later on during a storm at sea, he told his disciples “Oh ye of little faith” when they feared the storm (Matthew 8:26).

Both of these instances provide contrast to the faith of two different groups of people. Ironically a centurion – an outsider to the religion of the Jews – was described by Jesus as having greater faith then even his own disciples who followed him into the boat.

It is interesting that Jesus choose to surround himself with people with little faith, after all “Those who are well have no need of physician, but those who are sick,” Mark 2:17.