Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel Week 25, Day 6, Friday, 25 June, 2021TOPIC: GRACE IS ATTRACTED

“21 Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 

22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.” 

23 But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, “Send  her away, for she cries out after us.” 

24 But He answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 

25 Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, help me!” 

26 But He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”  

27 And she said, “woman Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

There are situations we find ourselves in life that the only way out is through determined faith. God’s Grace answers faster in such times. Your determination to hold on to your faith in spite of the hurdles around, attract God’s Grace.

The Canaanite woman was in need of Jesus’ help, but Jesus kept quiet without any response. The disciples came to Jesus to send her on her way, Jesus said, he was not sent to her because she wasn’t a lost sheep of Israelite. Then, the woman worshiped Jesus and he told her, she was not qualified for such miracle, since she’s a dog and not a sheep, it sounded like a slap on this woman. At this junction, any person will feel, I have tried, let me leave this man alone. But a determined faith pressed further in order to activate the Grace of God, and she threw in her last faith, “And she said, “ Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

There, God’s Grace was activated. That determined faith made Jesus release the Grace at his disposer. How determined are you with your faith? Do you give up on faith so easily? When your faith is consistent God’s Grace is sure. The woman’s daughter was healed and she became a testimony today.