Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts,
and cried unto him, saying,
Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David;
my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
But he answered her not a word.
And his disciples came and besought him, saying,
Send her away; for she crieth after us.
But he answered and said,
I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Then came she and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me.
But he answered and said,
It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs
which fall from their masters' table.
Then Jesus answered and said unto her,
O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt.
And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
Matthew 15:21-28
Jesus and his disciples traveled to the coasts of the north
when a woman from that area approached Him.
She recognized Him as the Jewish Messiah
and acknowledged Him as Lord
before pleading for mercy and presenting her need.
The fact that He did not respond to her did not cause her to turn away;
her persistence was fueled by her daughter's desperate need for healing.
But His disciples, tiring of her pursuit, asked Him to send her away.
Jesus responded that His mission was to the Jewish people.
She was not put off with His comment.
In her culture, it was common for people to pray to more than one god.
She had exhausted all of the resources known to her.
It was not difficult for her to kneel before this One, Jesus,
and further plead her case.
Jesus told her it was not right to give the food of children to dogs,
and she acknowledged the truth of that,
but she knew that dogs took their food from that dropped upon the floor,
and she boldly said so!
She wanted not what rightly belonged to another
but what was not claimed by those for whom it was intended.
She knew His heart, was driven to Him by her need;
she was totally dependent upon Him, His word and action.
It was the kind of faith that Jesus longed to see in the Jews,
but they were dropping their morsels upon the ground.
Jesus granted her request.
Prayer:
God, we were once outsiders as this woman,
and we thank You that the Bread of Life was broken for all of us.
We are eternally grateful!
Twila Charles Leichty
February 2010
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts,
and cried unto him, saying,
Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David;
my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
But he answered her not a word.
And his disciples came and besought him, saying,
Send her away; for she crieth after us.
But he answered and said,
I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Then came she and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me.
But he answered and said,
It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs
which fall from their masters' table.
Then Jesus answered and said unto her,
O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt.
And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
Matthew 15:21-28
Jesus and his disciples traveled to the coasts of the north
when a woman from that area approached Him.
She recognized Him as the Jewish Messiah
and acknowledged Him as Lord
before pleading for mercy and presenting her need.
The fact that He did not respond to her did not cause her to turn away;
her persistence was fueled by her daughter's desperate need for healing.
But His disciples, tiring of her pursuit, asked Him to send her away.
Jesus responded that His mission was to the Jewish people.
She was not put off with His comment.
In her culture, it was common for people to pray to more than one god.
She had exhausted all of the resources known to her.
It was not difficult for her to kneel before this One, Jesus,
and further plead her case.
Jesus told her it was not right to give the food of children to dogs,
and she acknowledged the truth of that,
but she knew that dogs took their food from that dropped upon the floor,
and she boldly said so!
She wanted not what rightly belonged to another
but what was not claimed by those for whom it was intended.
She knew His heart, was driven to Him by her need;
she was totally dependent upon Him, His word and action.
It was the kind of faith that Jesus longed to see in the Jews,
but they were dropping their morsels upon the ground.
Jesus granted her request.
Prayer:
God, we were once outsiders as this woman,
and we thank You that the Bread of Life was broken for all of us.
We are eternally grateful!
Twila Charles Leichty
February 2010
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