GREAT IS YOUR FAITH!

The story of the Canaanite woman (MT 15:21-28) with the demon possesses her daughter, but allows nothing to suffocate her faith. She has within her the courage and boldness which nourishes and strengthens her faith.

When she comes up to Jesus in a loud voice pleads with him to heal her daughter. Jesus first ignores the woman. This woman was fearless. She was rejected three times. Each reject made her stronger. She would not give up.

We realise that sometimes Jesus does say “No” to our prayers. There are those times when we are not making the right request. There are times when the request is right but the timing is off.

The Canaanite woman kept asking until Jesus granted her request. It is her persistence that caused Jesus to say that she was a woman of great faith. Such a faith changes our lives, leaves an impact on the people around us, and transforms the world.

 “O woman, great is your faith!”