Today we are reading Mark 7. In this chapter we read about the gentile woman who begged for her daughter to be healed. “And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden. But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet. Now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. And he said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” And he said to her, “For this statement you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter.” And she went home and found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.”
Mark 7:24-30 ESV Have you ever begged Jesus? How did He respond? The woman in this story is willing to endure anything for her daughter. Jesus appears harsh and dispassionate. Why? The take away seems to be that faith is more important than other considerations. When you are beginning God, how is your faith? May your trust in God be firm and unshakable. Pastor Tim
