The Master's Dog
“[Jesus]…said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master’s table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt.”~ Matt. 15:26; Mk. 7:27
Three things stand out about this woman’s faith. It was an honoring faith. “If I were a dog,” says she, “you’d be my Master.” Secondly, it was a humble faith “I deserve nothing, but I’ll be grateful for anything.” Lastly, it was a hounding faith. She wouldn't take no for an answer.
Jesus was not tantalizing this woman; He was testing her. He was not trying to destroy her faith, but develop it. The Hand that was stretched forth seemingly to push her away, was actually there to take hold of and draw her to Himself.
The woman got the message. Her faith turned what seemed to be against her, to her advantage. The very fact of her unworthiness made her a candidate for His unmerited favor. She ended up, not with the crumbs, but rather the whole loaf! She found in the Father’s house there is “bread enough and to spare.”
by an Old Disciple