Day 88: Sunday School Reading

Matthew 15 22And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table. 28Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. It seems in this story that faith is represented by persistence. I must then assume that God admires persistence and marks it as a sign of discipleship. It is true that you must have faith in order to be persistent. Some people stop believing when they are not answered immediately or granted their request. To have faith is to keep believing that He is there even when the answer does not come and to keep believing that He will answer. That is great faith. Great faith necessary for persistence.