The faith of a military man

Here's one of my favorite characters in the Bible. (From Matthew 8:5-13):

When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. "Lord," he said, "my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering."

Jesus said to him, "I will go and heal him."

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. 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."

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. 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. But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

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.

Can't you just see what Jesus saw? The man had no question it would be done. This goes beyond the issue of having to have Jesus physically there to do the deed: it shows that he knew he can trust Jesus and that, more than that, Jesus could perform the task at hand.

I'm not sure exactly why this speaks to me so, but I do know it does. He's a good man, looking out for his servant. He's also humble enough that he feels a disparity between Jesus and himself as he says "Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof."

I have no extra thoughts, advice, questions. I just like the bold faith of this man. It's simply a great story.