Matthew 8:5-13
5 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help.
6 "Lord," he said, "my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering."
7 Jesus said to him, "I will go and heal him."
8 The centurion replied, "Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
9 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and that one, 'Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
10 When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him, "I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.
11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
12 But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go! It will be done just as you believed it would." And his servant was healed at that very hour.

God called us apart, so that we could be faithful to him. Sometimes our faith has to go through the kiln of hardships and be molded and strengthened. We need to allow God to remold us.

A Centurion is a person of power and of many responsibilities. Even then he was willing to go extra miles to bring back his servant who is falling headlong into the hands of chilling death. The Centurion was taking care of the servant in his home, treating him, taking care of him. He was also willing to humble himself and to go to Jesus begging for his servants' life. His talk with Jesus wasn't that of a man with authority, but of humility and of great faith. He had an incredible insight with the authority Jesus possesses. Our understanding of Christ's authority brings forth the equal amount of faith in us.

When we are able to see other's pain as ours, God is very near to us. Because God's heart is made up this way.

We need to break out from the shell of sin that covers us and that puts us in darkness, only then our faith gets exposes and grows. But remember, when we grow others also will grow. Our growth benefits many who are in pain and many who are spiritually lost.