Blog From April 12 2007: The Bread

Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret.

In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an evil spirit came and fell at his feet. The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

“First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

“Yes Lord,” she replied, “but even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

Then he told her, “For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.”

She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

-Mark 7 : 24-30

When the woman came knocking at the house, that Jesus was in, she knew he held the answers.

The woman knew that bread was in the house. The woman knew that goodness was in the house. The woman knew healing was in the house. The woman knew that life was located in the house.

There are two things we must exercise in order to be granted admittance by the Savior.

1. We must have confidence in who Jesus Christ is:

We are the children knocking at the door. We know that there is bread in the house. But when we petition our savior we must trust, like this woman did, that he holds the answers.

2. We must humble ourselves to allow him to be Lord over us:

Often times we don’t humble ourselves like this woman when we got to the savior. You are no better than this woman is. She claimed to be but a dog in order for the savior to hear her plea. When was the last time you humbled yourself to being a dog before Jesus Christ? The problem that is running rampant in the Christian community these days is that most of the time we don’t even humble ourselves to being ourselves. We are so insecure that we put up a front constantly. You must humble yourself when approaching the savior.

There is one further this story is helpful to illustrate….

We must also realize that the world, like the woman, is knocking on the door to come to know Jesus Christ. We are the doorkeepers. We are the children of the living God, who have the power to open the door of the gospel to the world. We must be great commission believers who seek to open the door to every mind and heart around the world to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Now go open those doors tell somebody about Jesus. They are banging in desperation. The time for the savior to return is drawing nigh as the banging is getting louder and louder…Godspeed!