What do you need from the Lord? How hard are you praying for it? I bet you could pray harder. Are you praying the Word, using scripture to “prove your point” to God, to show Him why He should say ‘YES’ to your request? Are you praying out loud, having a conversation with Him?
Once Jesus was approached by a Canaanite woman—a Gentile and a pagan—and He ignored her pleas.
“But she kept crying out, ‘Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is cruelly tormented by a demon!’
He did not say a word to her and His disciples urged him, ‘Send her away because she cries out after us.’
He replied, ‘I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel…. It isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to their dogs.’
‘Yes, Lord,’ she said, ‘but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table!’” Matthew 15:22-27.
How do you suppose Jesus reacted to that? Was this godless pagan arguing with the Messiah?
If she was, then may God help us ALL to argue as effectively as she did!
“Then Jesus replied to her, ‘Woman, your faith is great. Let it be done for you as you have spoken it.’ And from that moment her daughter was healed” v.28.
This woman had begged, pleaded, and cried out to Jesus, and He said nothing and did nothing, even told her He was only here to help Jewish people. But she kept insisting, arguing that He should help her, that even if pagans like her are dogs, Jesus can spare a few crumbs for them. And He decided to do exactly that.
“And from that moment her daughter was healed.”
Do you need help, healing, or wisdom from the Lord? PRAY THE WORD! Find scriptures on the subject and talk to God about those verses. And don’t be afraid to argue, to ENGAGE. God can handle your emotions.
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