07/15/2022
For today's "Thirst for The Word Thursday” we look into faith...
Matthew 15:21-28
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David,have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”
23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
25 The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
26 He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
27 “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
28 Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.”And her daughter was healed at that moment.
Matthew 17:14-21
14 When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him.15 “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. 16 I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.”
17 “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.” 18 Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment.
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” [21]
It is so amazing to have Jesus be able to stand in for us when our faith is struggling and take care of our needs. Time and time again, Jesus proved that it didn’t matter whether there is an abundance of faith, or the smallest bit of faith, that we are going to be taken care of by HIS faith! All it takes is having faith as small as a mustard seed to move mountains. It’s so great that His grace expands beyond the abilities of our ineptitude. Sometimes we find ourselves struggling in our lives and our faith kind of waivers. Our God is so amazing that He already saw this coming and made sure that our faith level wasn’t the deciding factor of His blessing and His grace!
Jesus, I thank you for standing in for me when I am struggling. When my faith tank is running on empty for one reason or another, and the faith gas prices are skyrocketing, I have the unlimited credit of your blood that has paid for every ounce I will ever need! Father, you sent your Son to the cross to pay for this need, knowing that it would arise. I thank you that my faith doesn’t rely on my actions, but what Jesus already has done at the cross! It’s in His name I pray…Amen!
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