You must believe it in spite of every contradiction

Jesus said to him, "Go; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. (John 4:50 ESV)

 We have that lesson about the healing of the nobleman’s son when he heard that Jesus came out of Judea into Galilee. He went and besought Jesus that He would come down and heal his son, for his son was at the point of death. (John 4:46-54)
 There was urgency in the case. His son was near death, and he said, “Come down and see my child ere he die.” It was a faith which dared to press the cause earnestly and humbly, and the Lord rewarded him. He said, “Go thy way. Thy son liveth.”
 And that nobleman just turned about and went his way. There wasn’t anything else that he could cling to except to believe Christ’s word. He couldn’t immediately see his son to mark whether his condition was bettered or not. There was no visible confirmation, and he just had to believe that his son was recovered simply because Jesus had said so and His word was true.
 The great point to remember here is that God’s Word is true. You must believe it in spite of every contradiction of what people say and the circumstances and conditions about you. God’s always faithful.
 Let’s not limit God by asking to see this or that or that He send us some sign, some wonderful token. Let’s take Him at His Word. Believe His precious Word; it will never fail you. —Virginia Brandt Berg [1]

 Faith is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe. —St. Augustine (354–430)

[1] Anchor Assurance of Things Hoped For