Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path. (Psalm 119)
Mark 7:24-30
How did the Gentile woman of Syrophoenician origin know that her daughter had a demon and what made her seek out Jesus? And what made her so persistent when Jesus at first side-lined her request? Jesus himself identifies the force within her that resulted in her daughter being healed of demon possession. It was the woman’s faith. By faith she realized that it was not OK for her daughter to remain imprisoned by a demon that was playing with her. By faith the woman received information about Jesus, and recognized him to be the Saviour of all, including those from a non-Jewish cultural background. By faith, the woman did not take Jesus’ initial rebuttal to heart, but continued to ask for his help for her daughter’s condition. This account of a mother petitioning Christ Jesus to cast the demons out of her daughter’s life, calls each of us to similar perceptive and persevering faith. Will I continue to tolerate the influence of demons in my own family, or will I bring them to Jesus for healing? No matter what barriers I perceive, will I simply and persistently petition Christ Jesus to cast out the demons from my family members – because, by faith, I know He can heal them! -? Holy Spirit of Jesus, give me faith to seek your help with life’s demons. Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; listen to my cry of supplication. In the day of my trouble I call on you, for you will answer me. (Psalm 86: 6,7) I know, more surely than I know anything, that any pang of healing or forgiveness or goodness I have ever felt comes solely from the grace of God. Philip Yancey Soli ad gloriam Dei Gospel Mystery of the Day on FaceBook & www.gospelmysteryoftheday.ca
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