"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."
Matthew 15:25-28
If that had happened to most of us, we would have given up, but not this woman.
First Jesus ignored her; then He said to His disciples, I'm not even sent to help her.
But she came worshipping Him, saying, Lord, help me.
This Gentile mother wouldn't leave Jesus alone!
Then Jesus told her it wasn't right to take the children's bread and give it to dogs.
Jesus called her a 'dog'!
Most of us would have gone home hurt and even angry.
But look what she told Jesus: "Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."
She was saying that she didn't need the whole loaf, give that to the children, although most of them won't take it.
Just give me a crumb. I know what Your bread will do.
She knew the power Jesus had. She didn't care what He called her, she wanted her daughter healed.
Then Jesus told her, "With faith like that, you can have anything you want!
Jesus had taken this woman to the limits and she passed the test.
He knew her faith would turn His power loose.
Great faith always takes God at His Word.
It pays to hang on and refuse to give up!
