"And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour."
One of the things this lesson teaches us just how lowly the Gentiles were viewed in the eyes of the Jews. Jesus, Himself referred to the woman and her kind as "dogs". This did NOT however, prevent Him from performing the miracle the woman asked for by the demonstration of her faith in Him.
The lesson of faith that is taught by that woman comes from her persistence in getting her request to Jesus, faithful in the knowledge that He would heal her daughter if she could only ask Him, which He indeed did.
At that time, those who believed did not have an intercessor between them and God. Therefore, that woman couldn't simply pray through Jesus Christ that her daughter be healed, she had to find Jesus and ask Him personally.
Today however, we can simply pray for the things we need, including healing, and by having faith that God will hear our prayer, those prayers will be answered if our request is within the will of God.
Jesus recognized that the woman believed in Him and the power of God in Him to heal, "O woman, great is thy faith", and because of that faith, the woman's daughter was healed.~
Jesus recognized that the woman believed in Him and the power of God in Him to heal, "O woman, great is thy faith", and because of that faith, the woman's daughter was healed.~
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