A Greek woman from Syria came to Jesus because her daughter was
demon possessed. Because she was Greek, she was not a part of Israel.
During Christ’s ministry, the ministry focus was for the lost house of
Israel and her being a gentile placed her in the lowest of categories in
the social system: low because the Gentiles did not know God and their
lifestyle was idolatrous and a sinful abomination to God. With all that
said, here she was seeking help from God himself.
With her being on the out with God, how did she get him to grant
the request that she made by faith? She accomplished it because she
was humble. The Lord pointed out her gentile condition and that it
would be wrong to cast the Jew’s bread to dogs or to her and her people.
Her reply was not defensive, but instead in agreement with what he
said and that her only possible right would be in the carelessness of
the Jews with receiving the blessing of the Gospel of Christ. Her humble
answer brought her the blessing she desired.
How often have you thought that you didn’t deserve the type of
treatment you were getting from God or that you deserve better than what
life had brought your way? How often have you thought you were more in
line to receive blessings because of your laundry list of do’s and
don’t s that you keep. If I learned anything in my life, I have learned
that as I grow in Christ I see myself as more sinful instead of less.
On anybody’s best day, they will never measure up to a position of
deserving blessings from God. However two things are essential for
blessings to be obtained: believing faith that God can and wants to
bless you and humility in your hearts as evidenced by you seeing
yourself more as how God sees you.
The gentile woman had both ingredients: she went to Christ and
petitioned him to cast out the demon and she humbly accepted statements
about her from The Lord as being true.
Are you humble?
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