Daily Devotions

Matt 15:22-28 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.
23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
28 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.
KJV
This unnamed woman and mother is just one of two I can think of in the Bible that the Lord said ask “As thou wilt” and it would be granted. (Solomon is the other.) What did her coming to Jesus, her worship of Jesus, her willingness to receive just one crumb from Jesus get her? A blank check for prayer “As thou wilt”. What would she ask for? What she came for, her daughter to be touched by Jesus. And notice this is a spiritual need as her daughter was possessed by a demon. She was most concerned with the spiritual needs of her daughter. Can there be a better mom than that? Could any mom give any child more than meeting spiritual needs through Jesus? Mom, if you were given a blank check in prayer by Jesus, what would you ask for? Even if not for yourself, could you ask for greater than this for your child? Noting, not perfect health, not money, not happiness, nothing comes close to bringing your child to Jesus and seeing spiritual needs met. There are many mothers found in the Bible but none go past this one and we don’t even know her name.

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