Today I read this passage in my morning devotion time, and I really felt as if God was telling me something. So, I tarried... And what God told me, was amazing...
And to add to it, I read it on the net in six different Bible translations...
Read it before I share with you -
Passage Matthew 15:21-28:
21Then Jesus went thence and departed into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same region and cried unto Him, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Thou Son of David! My daughter is grievously vexed with a devil."
23But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and besought Him, saying, "Send her away, for she crieth after us."
24But He answered and said, "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
25Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord help me."
26But He answered and said, "It is not meet to take children's bread and cast it to dogs."
27And she said, "Truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."
28Then 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.

When that lady came to Jesus, she begged Him to help her. Surely, she knew that He was the Lord and He alone could deliver her daughter. However, contrary to many of our expectations, Jesus did not utter a single word in reply to her! (Disheartening...!)
However, the disciples of Jesus (not because they were moved with compassion, but because they were tired of her constant begging and pleading... [time to test our own hearts]) asked Jesus to do something.
Again the lady came to Him and pleaded to help her.. When I was reading this passage, the scene came alive before my eyes. The lady must have known, that it was 'Now or Never', and hence she kept running after Him despite no reply from Him.
Even when He did reply, it certainly was not what I would like to hear. However, she was quick since she realised, that she had finally got His attention! [Constant prayer DOES get His attention] She immediately implored Him asking for His mercy. How inadequate and disqualified she must have felt when Jesus said He'd been sent only for the lost sheep of Israel. But I believe, she knew one thing at this point of time... something that we all are learning, that no one is qualified to receive His mercy anyway. Its just by grace that we can expect Him to relieve us.
And this time, Jesus replied to her, that her faith was great, and that her daughter would be healed. And so it was done unto her.
How great is our Lord, who tested even the faith of that gentile woman, and allowed her to receive healing for her daughter that very moment!
Truly, I'm in awe of His ways. Have you ever been in a situation where the Lord doesn't seem to hear? Have you ever felt that the Lord is talking to others, but not you? And when He does answer, its not very pleasing?
Well, trust that the Lord is going to do something great even through that...!!
God bless you.
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