{"id":930,"date":"2017-03-08T12:13:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T17:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barbaralardinais:8888\/wake-dec07-10\/"},"modified":"2017-06-11T09:47:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T13:47:51","slug":"wake-dec07-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hannahscupboard.com\/wake-dec07-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Push Comes To Shove &#8211; Matthew 15:22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus often saw more faith and spiritual hunger in pagans than he did in his own people. A case in point is the Canaanite woman who implored him to heal her daughter <strong>\u201csuffering terribly from demon-possession.\u201d<\/strong> (Matthew 15:22) NIV<\/p>\n<p>You would think that he would jump at the chance to prove himself to someone who was open to him, especially when the Jewish leaders were rejecting him and his message. Instead, he ignored her, but finally said something that from our perspective sounds pretty rude. <strong>\u201c\u2019I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.\u2019\u201d<\/strong> In other words \u201cI\u2019ve got the goods but you can\u2019t have any.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The woman refused the offense and kept begging. When Jesus told her <strong>\u201c\u2019It is not right to take the children\u2019s bread and toss it to their dogs\u2019\u201d<\/strong> she had a comeback that finally hit the mark. <em>She would take crumbs!<\/em> She said; <strong>\u201cYes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters\u2019 table.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The outcome? <strong>\u201cAnd her daughter was healed from that very hour.\u201d<\/strong> There are times when desperation gives birth to faith, and faith bears results. That\u2019s our lesson. How rarely we are in such a desperate condition that we don\u2019t care if we are refused at first, but we keep pressing, and won\u2019t take no for an answer.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus is not ignoring us so much as he is waiting to see if our condition will push us to desperation, and our desperation will shove us to faith. Are you desperate yet?<\/p>\n<p>Well, he\u2019s waiting\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus often saw more faith and spiritual hunger in pagans than he did in his own people. 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