Do you need a miracle in your life but think miracles are not for you? You’ve blown it too many times. The situation you find yourself in right now is your own fault so why would God help you.
Or maybe you’re not even a Christian so why would God do a miracle for someone who doesn’t even have a relationship with Him.
Or maybe you doubt miracles at all. They aren’t for today. Or they aren’t for real. You don’t believe in them.
Meet a Woman Beyond Miracles..
A woman came to Jesus, who, from a Jewish point of view, was the ultimate outsider. She was a Gentile and a woman and an unclean spirit possessed her daughter. Yet, Jesus did a miracle in her life.
Read her story in Mark 7:24-30. You can also read the parallel account in Matthew 15:22-28.
How did she get a miracle? Her struggling faith made all the difference. Her faith had three qualities.
1. Her Faith was Persistent.
She persisted through silence. Jesus initially met her request with silence. Silence is a hard answer; for it is translatable into something worse than the hardest speech. Yet she was not silenced by the Lord’s silence.
She persisted through criticism. Even the disciples wanted to send her away. Her needs were annoying and they wanted her gone.
She persisted through neglect. The disciples were the ‘children’ and Jesus was not going to feed ‘dogs’ before children. ‘Dogs’ does not refer to wild dogs, but the domesticated house dogs. Jesus stated that the children must eat all they want.
She did not even let Jesus’ priorities turn her away. She continued to press Him until she received her answer.
2. Her Faith was Humble.
The woman immediately saw herself in the story. She did not think that she merited any help from God. From the context, she knew that she was a ‘dog’ an outsider. She did not argue that she was not an invited guest. She addressed Him as “Lord” which is the only time in Mark’s gospel that Jesus Christ is called Lord.
She knew her gods did not care. Jesus was her only hope and she had nowhere else to turn. She was willing to settle for the crumbs which fall from their master’s table, because that would be enough to meet her needs. She would settle for whatever she received from Jesus.
3. Her Faith was Trusting.
She took Christ at His Word. “If you say I’m a dog, I am. But that means I have a Master, and that is you. It means I am a humble part of the household and that I can claim the crumbs.”
The people of Tyre and Sidon were not known for faith (Matthew 11:21-22). Yet this woman dared to believe that Jesus could deliver her daughter. And she trusted His answer.
Do you want a miracle? Have faith – great faith. Persistent in your humble request and trust His answer in your life.
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