“Will you never believe in me unless you see miraculous signs and wonders?”
John 4:48 (NLT)
After two days in Samaria, Jesus continued to Galilee. Before we even see what happens there, John reminds us that Jesus once said a prophet isn’t honored in his own hometown. Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him—not because they honored Him—but because they had seen the miracles He did in Jerusalem during Passover.
A government official from Capernaum, seventeen miles away, heard Jesus was in Cana and left immediately to beg Him to heal his dying son. When Jesus said, “Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders, you will never believe,” He wasn’t rebuking the father—He was exposing a culture that only believed what it could see. But the man didn’t get offended. He pressed in. And when Jesus told him, “Go back home. Your son will live,” he believed the word and started home without hesitation.
His obedience revealed real faith. When his servants met him on the road with the good news, he learned the boy was healed at the very hour Jesus spoke. That moment turned belief into revelation—not just for him, but for his whole household.
The Samaritans believed Jesus simply because of His word. The Galileans believed only after a miracle. But the Kingdom doesn’t work in reverse. Jesus said, “Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Faith isn’t proven by what we get from God—it’s revealed by whether we trust Him before we see it. When we seek Him first, we’ll find both His presence and His power—but always in that order.