Matthew 15:22,26-28

Matthew 15:22,26-28 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 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. Was Jesus calling this poor lady a dog?! No, I don’t think so! Jesus was just testing her to see if she had faith – real faith. And she did! Years ago, I heard that the measure of a person is what it takes to stop them. And the lady in our story wasn’t stopped by Jesus’ seemingly rude statement. If she would have been miffed and stormed away, her poor daughter would never have been healed. But because of the lady’s determination and concern for her daughter, she thought of a quick come-back when Jesus told her that she was a dog. She quickly asked the Master for just a few crumbs from His table. And Jesus liked her come-back. He bragged on her faith and answered her request. What a story! What faith! We should follow her example.