This verse really stood out to me today. This month I'm looking at the concept of faith with my youth group - what is it, what difference it makes, what it means to have it, and so on. And then, in my preparation, I stumbled across this verse via a page listing three people who stood out for their faith in the gospels.
In Matthew 15:21-18, this lady stands out for her faith. In a time when people of her race were villainised, and people of her gender were victimised, she repeatedly and restlessly sought out the one who could help her. She trusted without hesitating. I wondered: when little things are piling up against me, do I still have the faith that pauses in trying to fix everything myself (or puts a stop on the anxiety-driven fear-mongering of myself) to fall down and know that God will help me? To know it! Because this lady had every reason to leave, or give up, or just fight everyone, and call them out - her precious daughter was being daily afflicted, and no-one had been able to help, and now there was one who she knew could. And who she trusted would - if she could just get through to him. So instead of seeing all the roadblocks around her, she kept her eyes (and her trust) fixed on Jesus. She cried out to him until Jesus' followers begged Jesus to send her away because they were so annoyed. Then she cried out some more until Jesus stopped and told her he wasn't sent to her, "but she came and knelt before him, saying 'Lord, help me.'" She tells him that she doesn't need it all, just some - she says he has enough power to feed those he was sent to feed, and with just the crumbs of the leftovers, he has the power to heal her daughter. This woman knows Jesus, and that drives all her thought processes, actions, and emotions. "O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." came Jesus' reply. "And her daughter was healed instantly." Again: when little things are piling up against me, do I still have the faith that pauses in trying to fix everything myself (or put a stop on the anxiety-driven fear-mongering of myself) to fall down and know that God will help me? To know it!
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