The Power of Faith

Matthew 15:28
Then 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.

Faith.

Faith.

Faith.

Faith is key to our journey. Great miracles seem to be things of the past when in fact, with strong Faith in God, they are not. Great miracles happen all around us every day and seldom do we even take notice.

Believing and having faith that things will come to pass which have been asked (in faith) of God which will better us, another or even make our lives a little easier, we will see things come to pass. More?

Well, we can believe all day that God can grant us the desires of our hearts (not our minds and NOT our greed) and without having faith in him to do so, it's meaningless.

Faith brings great peace. If you want to know peace within yourself, nurture and grow your faith. Pray for strength in faith, believing that it will come to pass (faith) and it will.

Now let's take another look at this scripture in more context.


Matthew 15:21-28
21Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

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.

Jesus is teaching the his deciples here and much much more. He makes the point that he did not come to save the few, but to save all that would accept his salvation.

A woman of faith comes before Jesus and asks first that he have mercy on her, acknowledging him as her Lord. Then she asks his healing of her child. It's noteworthy that she didn't ask for money or means to have her child cared for. She didn't ask for her child's healing AND wealth or anything of the like. She asked Jesus to heal her daughter.
She didn't ask "hoping" that he could, she asked knowing he could.

She then worshiped him WHILE saying "Lord help me".

Jesus then tought more and had her show her true faith by replying that it would not be good to take from the chosen people to give to the heathens. It's important to note that here is proved that He came for all, not just the few, that not one would have to do without for another to have his grace, and that faith in Him would bring grace.

Showing her faith, she replied that no, it would not be right to take from God's chosen people to give to a heathen (her), but that even the tiniest "crum" of blessing would be not only plentiful, but more than enough.

Jesus then told her that her faith is great and grant's her request. Her daughter was not made whole eventually, but rather was made whole that very hour.


That passage pretty well explains what great faith can do. That's not all the passage teaches us, but it DOES show the power of faith.


I can remember a time when my faith in God was strong and I recall the peace, joy and security of that time. It is my folly that I am not of such faith now and that I ever let it falter. This is my focus, I long to have that closeness with God and I must have full faith to get there. I strive now for full faith to help me be fully faithful.

If you would to do so, I ask for your prayers for myself and all who are on this journey or might just be beginning. I now end this post to go to God in prayer for my weak faith and I pray as well for all who desire it as well.


As always, please share all you will.

Thank you,
Frank