Wait for it...

 

Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com 

 

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What name do they call your ethnicity or your type?

White trash, or a reject? Slick willy as a slimy preacher, and even Religious phony… 

what about Dog? In todays world its used as a compliment. “thats my dog, he got my back he’s my dog”. 

Well it wasn’t always that way!

 

Matthew 15: 21 Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Gentile woman who lived there came to him, pleading, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! For my daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely.”

23 But Jesus gave her no reply, not even a word. Then his disciples urged him to send her away. “Tell her to go away,” they said. “She is bothering us with all her begging.”

24 Then Jesus said to the woman, “I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of Israel.”

25 But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, “Lord, help me!”

26 Jesus responded, “It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”

27 She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their masters’ table.”

28 “Dear woman,” Jesus said to her, “your faith is great. Your request is granted.” And her daughter was instantly healed.

 

A dog. This is a cut down, a slam to the gentiles… 

This woman did not defend who she was… She was completely honest in who others thought she was and in who she thought she was.

Wether Jesus thought this or not (which we know he did not) was not her issue- she just knew that Jesus was the answer and that even the smallest amount of grace was enough for what she needed.

Her righteousness… her good deeds… her personal reputation was not what she put her stock in, her hope in. 

She simply trusted that Jesus could heal her daughter. 

 

The disciples… such compassionate fellows… are like “look this woman is a gentile, she’s not clean, right, from our party or the right side of the tracks… just tell her to go. 

And Jesus sits silently for a few minutes

 

Awkward…

But she waits.

What do you do when God doesn’t talk back? You wait. others scoff, want you to give up… but you know- you wait! 

What are you waiting on God for today? Don’t give in, don’t give up, don’t let the voices in your head call you names, or even let so called “friends” give you well meaning advice to just give up… Keep waiting and know that even a crumb is enough… but remember the very next few verses Jesus multiples bread… 

With Jesus there is alway more than enough to those who are willing to wait!