An Outsider’s Faith

                                           Matthew 15:26
                        "But he answered and said, It is not meet
                                  to  take the children's bread, 
                                       and to cast it to dogs."

        A crumb from the table of our Lord can make the heart satisfied and glad. But the suppliant must take the right place and give Him His right place. This poor Gentile mother had no claim on Jesus as the son of David; He was therefore silent. It was impossible for her to come in by the door of the covenant, but His silence led her to knock at another door, and taught her to cry, Lord, help me.
        There was yet another lesson for her to learn and the Lord knew that she was capable of learning it. She must realize that for the time His ministry was confined to the Chosen People, so that the Gentile claim could be recognized only incidentally. But when she was willing to take the low place under the table and ask for the children’s crumbs, He put the key of His unsearchable riches into her hand, saying, "O Woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt." Those who yield to God most absolutely are able to decree things! Thou shalt also decree a thing and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways (Job 22:28). My friend you must be willing to take the low place and get upon your knees, and recognize that without faith there is no place for you at God's Table.
        Amen!!

Reading: (Matt. 15:21-28)
                (Job. 22:12-30)

                                    May God Bless You
                                     And Your Families

                                                  Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.
                                                  The Cross Life Ministry