Short and sweet...

And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.” (Luke 7:22-23 ESV)
After allowing the disciples of John the Baptist to observe Him at work, Jesus answers thier question with a quote: "Yes, he is the one." The things He did and said were exactly what the Scriptures said the Messiah would do. They had their answer. Now it was in their court as to what they did with the answer: would they receive and embrace the truth, or be offended and march away. Why would they be offended? The same reason we can be; the same reason the Pharisees were: we are confronted with our sinfulness and need of deliverance by someone else: Him and only Him.

In front of your face...

And when the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?’” In that hour he healed many people of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and on many who were blind he bestowed sight. (Luke 7:20-21 ESV)
Since John the Baptist was in prison, he was not able to come and ask this for himself. He had heard a lot of stories from his own disciples, so they became his representatives to go and ask. Jesus, as He often did, did not at first take time to answer their question - He showed them Who He was. Many times we come to think Jesus is not answering, and therefore not listening to us when we ask Him something, when the answer is right in front of us. We are so caught up in being ignored that we are ignoring what He is doing to answer us.

Cheking it out...

The disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John, calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?”(Luke 7:18-19 ESV)
Word had been spreading about Jesus - His messages, His miralces, and His massive crowds. But all of those things did not disturb John; his one pressing question is: "Are you the One?" What does John expect to hear? For sure, an impersonater could be expected to answer "yes," so what kind of answer is John waiting to hear? And why? The same questions could be asked concerning all the things we ask of God: what are we expecting, what are we hoping to hear? And why? May we, like John be of pure hearts as we ask God the hard questions of life.

A lot of speaking going on...

Then he came up and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “God has visited his people!” And this report about him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country. (Luke 7:14-17 ESV)
Out of His heart of compassion, Christ has chosen to interrupt his journey to help this widow who has lost her only son. As He has been pointing out, He does not have to do anything but speak - He tells the son to rise and he does. Now a lot of people are talking. First, they are glorifying God - they see Jesus as coming from God and speaking to them for God. Second, they tell others. Are we listening as Jesus speaks to us, offering life-giving words? Are we letting those words grip us? Are we speaking words of praise to the glory of God and greatness of Jesus?

Unconventional sympathy...

Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.” (Luke 7:11-13 ESV)
What kind of Guy flags down a funeral procession? Doesn't he know that you need to yield and let them pass by, even if your parade is bigger than theirs? Didn't anyone teach Him that you need to let one who is grieving cry? That it's better to just be there and say nothing? What is He teaching this crowd who is following Him? All of this conventional wisdom is swallowed up by one word: compassion. He is the compassionate Christ Who does not always do things in a conventional way. The same is true with us. When it seems to us that He is being rude, uncaring, or just not doing the right thing, He sees us and is moved with the same heart of compassion, as well as all His other glorious attributes.

For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me: and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant well.(Luke 7:8-10 ESV)
Have you ever heard the Donut man song about this? Catchy tune, but it leaves you thinking, what does this whole "I too am a man uncer authority" thing? It means the centurion got it - He understood that at Jesus' command things happen. It happened at creation; it happened when He was here on earth and healed or told someone they were forgiven; and it happens when we pray. That is true faith - believing in the Word.

Signs of humble faith...

And when they came to Jesus, they pleaded with him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy to have you do this for him, for he loves our nation, and he is the one who built us our synagogue.” And Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. Therefore I did not presume to come to you. But say the word, and let my servant be healed. (Luke 7:4-7 ESV)
Besides the fact that this centurion had compassion on his servant, we find he also served his community; he used any authority he had correctly. He also did not presume on his position to get what he wanted. He, in fact, did not want to be a bother to Jesus. Most of all, he humbly believed in the power of Jesus' word, the ultimate mark of humble faith.