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April 6, 2023
Inbetween Sweetness and Sorrow
Malachi 4:6 – “And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”
The Lord God called you to be “a chosen generation and a royal priesthood” to proclaim the truth of Jesus, to speak the identity of the Lord, and to prophecy God-given destiny to the fatherless. Be sober and vigilant in protecting your family from the lies of the enemy. Responding to the Father’s heart by being good fathers and mothers is your assignment.
Declaration: I’m guiding my family with God’s word and Holy Spirit.
INBETWEEN SWEETNESS AND SORROWJesus is the master communicator and if you’re like me and like to search out the matter, you’ll see an incredible hidden promise in the Palm Sunday account that’s a real game-changer.
Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me.” – Matthew 21:1-2
While the Matthew account doesn’t name the other village, Luke’s account as likely told to him by Mary, mother of Jesus, says the other town was Bethany. Between Bethphage and Bethany. What’s that all about?
Well, Bethphage means “place of sweet figs” which is all about fruit bearing. Bethany sounds beautiful, but it means “place of sorrows.” That’s where you’ll find Jesus. Over and over again, he’s in that place between sweetness and sorrow—fruitfulness and barrenness.
This tension between the best things that can happen and the worst things that can happen is where you and I find ourselves every day. Where your finances are at their best, but your marriage is twisting off. Or your health is at it’s best, but your kids are out running where the dogs bark. Like Dickens’ “Tale of Two Cities,” it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
My friend, I can testify that when I lay down my pride and I worship Jesus in that crazy tension between bitter and sweet, he shows up in a powerful way. Like that place between Bethphage and Bethany, he will come riding in on the gentle colt as your Prince of Peace. When you give him dominion over your whole life, you will not only say, “Hosanna! Save now,” you will be blessed as Jesus himself comes in the name of the Father and gives you shalom—the authority that binds chaos!
WATCH NOW: TELL THEM THE LORD NEEDS IT
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April 5, 2023
Own the Impact
1 Samuel 4:5 – And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted so loudly that the earth shook.
This is the Hebrew decade of ‘pey’ – the mouth. This is the time to raise your voice and declare the word of the Lord over your family, your children and grandchildren, your school, city, and country. Your voice is powerful. Let it proclaim the Lord’s presence and let the enemy flee!
Declaration: No weapon formed against me, my family, my church, or my country will prosper, because the Lord is with me.
OWN THE IMPACTOh, how the Palm Sunday account of Jesus riding into Jerusalem as the Prince of Peace fills me with hope and breaks my heart all at the same time. As people shouted, “Hosanna! Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,” they were really saying, “Save now! Save now!” They were literally losing their minds to Psalms 118:
Save now, I pray, O Lord; O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! – Psalm 118:25-26
That could be just another scripture if that’s all you want it to be, or it can be something that really impacts your life today.
I want to tell you that Palm Sunday is the Christian holiday that always happens the Sunday before Easter or Resurrection Day, and it’s a setup. It’s a setup for you to posture your own heart and mind in a place where you say, “This week, I’m going to contemplate certain things. I’m going to look at and do certain things because I’m going to own the impact of this prophetic week.”
Let your mind run free over Jesus’ three year ministry with his disciples—his best friends and the men he trusted to take his message into the world. Let your heart grab hold of the weightiness of his knowing he was born to die, and that most of the people he was dying to save didn’t even believe in him.
Let your emotions wrap around his heart and pain, and him literally sweating blood in the Garden of Gethsemane as his best friends couldn’t even stand in the gap for him for even one hour. Consider the rejection he must have felt knowing the very people who called out “Hosanna! Save us! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,” would just a few short days later be hissing with the demons, “Crucify him!”
This is a somber, sobering week where you need to look inside and see who you really are and how badly you need a savior every day. Be thankful, my friends. Allow your heart to get broken for the things that broke Jesus’ heart! Own the impact of his sacrifice and call out “Hosanna! Save me!” He will, you know. Not only will he save you, he’ll use you to save others when you own the impact. Hosanna!
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April 4, 2023
The Promised Donkey
Psalm 4:4 – Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah
What are the first things you thought about this morning? We have to train ourselves to think on the things of God instead of just going through random thoughts when we get out of bed? Put your mental remote down and quit changing the channel. Meditate on His word. Jesus wants to speak to the storm in you like He did years ago on the sea of Galilee: “Peace, be still!”
Declaration: I will be still and wait upon the Lord. I have put the mental remote down.
THE PROMISED DONKEYOne of the most interesting accounts of Palm Sunday is the place Jesus tells the disciples to steal a donkey and its colt.
“But, Pastor Troy! Jesus would never tell someone to steal!”
Well, He did and it’s in the Bible. Check this out:
Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me. And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.” All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: “Tell the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your King is coming to you, lowly, and sitting on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ (Zechariah 9:9)” – Matthew 21:1-4
I cannot prove it, but in my heart, I know this is similar to Simeon or Anna at the birth of Jesus. These two faithful old folks had promises from the Lord that they would see the Messiah before they died, and they did at his circumcision ceremony.
In my mind’s eye, I can see a man who raises donkeys and he loves these animals and thinks they’re crazy cool. I can even imagine that he knew this verse and thought, “Cool! The Messiah loves donkeys too and maybe, just maybe, He’ll be riding one of my donkeys.”
In Hebrew culture, if a king was riding a donkey, he was coming in peace to bring peace or “Shalom.” If he was riding a horse, it was a sign he was coming in conquest to start a war. While many wanted Jesus to be a great military commander, I’ll bet this donkey rancher was banking on peace. I’ll even bet that Zechariah 9:9 was his favorite scripture.
That’s why in the book of Luke, when the disciples said, “The Lord has need of it,” the owner of the donkey just said, “Take it!” I have a feeling he had talked to the Lord in his heart and mind, knowing that scripture and hoping he would be asked to fulfill this prophecy.
Just like that, there are promises you hold in your heart that God Almighty has spoken to you through scripture, a prophetic word or the sound of His still, small voice. You know there are, and just like this man, you are not foolish for believing God will answer you. He will!
Today is a good day to hold onto the promises of God that He’s put in your heart no matter how crazy they are. Maybe you are the donkey! If you are, I promise you someday soon you’ll hear Him say, “The Lord has need of you.”
WATCH NOW: TELL THEM THE LORD NEEDS IT
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April 3, 2023
What if You’re the Donkey?
Ephesians 4:3 – …endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Unity makes us a conduit for God’s power. Unity doesn’t mean “inclusive” or “agreement.” It means we have the same values in the Kingdom. We have to know what is worth fighting for. When we as the people of God come together in humility and lead in unity, the power of God is manifested.
Declaration: I humbly serve and lay down my way to bring unity without compromise.
WHAT IF YOU’RE THE DONKEY?I love the account of Jesus telling his disciples to go to the next town to steal a donkey and its colt so he can ride into Jerusalem on what we call “Palm Sunday.” His disciples are stunned, but Jesus says, the following:
And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.” – Matthew 21:2
The Lord has need of them. My friends, there is not a lot Jesus needs. As a matter of fact, scripture tells us he only “had need” of something three other times. Twice he asked for a drink and both times never got it. He also needed to go through Samaria (for that first drink he never got) so that woman at the well could become the first Gentile missionary.
What if the Lord has need of you? What if you’re the donkey? What if you’re like me: the common thing that’s really no big deal at all and the Lord shows up and grabs your reins?
“Pastor Troy, I’m not a donkey. I’m a horse. I’m all about conquest and taking territory. I’m a warrior and I’m not a donkey. No, sir!”
Can I tell you something? It’s OK to be the donkey. We all have some embarrassing things in our lives. Admit it! You have some things that look more like a donkey than a horse in your finances, your relationships and your walk that you’re not proud of. Places that aren’t pretty or dignified. Places that look more like defeat than victory. We all do.
Let me tell you this, though: if you will treat Jesus like the King in that place—if you will worship him as the Lord of Lords and praise him in that place—Jesus will show up and he’ll redeem it. Why? Because the Lord is not ashamed of you.
While some religious folks may have some things to say about that—and they are never nice things—Jesus himself will show up and say, “I love you and I’m not embarrassed of you. I’m right here, right now and things are going to change for the better.”
Can you be the donkey when the Lord has need of you? When you carry the presence of the Lord into that place, you’ll see redemption and that’s worth waiting for!
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April 2, 2023
Palm Sunday: “Tell Them the Lord Needs It”
Sunday, April 2, 2023
Pastor Troy Brewer, OpenDoor Church, Burleson, TX
It’s in all four Gospels with some different details.
Matthew was actually one of the disciples of Jesus. He was there when this happened.
Matthew 21:1-9
Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them,
“Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me. And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: “Tell the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your King is coming to you, lowly, and sitting on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”
So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them. They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him on them.
And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ Hosanna in the highest!”
Palm Sunday is the Christian holiday that occurs on the Sunday before Easter. This celebration commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, mentioned in each of the four Gospels. Jesus entered the city knowing He would be tried and crucified, and welcomed His fate to rise from the grave and save us from sin! Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week–the remembrance of Jesus’ last days and march to the cross.
Bethphage and the village opposite is called Bethany.
Matthew just called it the “other” village but Mark called the other village Bethany.
Bethphage means “house of sweet figs”
Bethany means “house of sorrow”
In the very streets where they are singing their praises and shouting Hosanna, Jesus will hear the horrible cries of “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” in the same exact week.
The prophecies and promises of God are always fulfilled in the tension of the sweet things of life and the sorrows of life.
Can you praise Him in the time when you are seeing the best and the worst at the same time?
The Old Testament prophesied of Palm Sunday in
Zechariah 9:9
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
The fulfillment of prophecy:
Jesus fulfilled over 400 Old Testament prophecies. This one prophecy was written by Zechariah over 550 years before this event happened.
A donkey or a colt?
Colt not a filly.
In the ancient Biblical world, a leader rode on a horse if he was coming in war and a donkey to signify peace.
When Jesus comes back, He will not be on a donkey but on a white horse!
Jerusalem donkeys have crosses on their backs. (Pic)
In Israel, there is a term called “The Messiah’s Donkey.” It’s really a political modifier for how God employees common, everyday and secular things to come riding in to show us Glory.
How many times has Jesus come riding into your life on a donkey?
He showed up in your divorce. He shows up in the place where you can’t pay your bills. Basically, he shows up in the common places that just don’t look cool.
“The Lord has need of them.”
“Tell them, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
The One who owns everything, (The Lord), needs this lowly created thing to show that He keeps His promises. And to show that He is the King.
Jesus isn’t very needy.
John 4– I need a drink. (He didn’t get it).
John 19–I thirst. (They ignored Him)
Why does Jesus need a donkey?
The Father needed Jesus to show them who He is.
The Holy prophecy needed to be fulfilled.
Jesus needed to be received as The King in order to show up at all.
What if you are the Donkey that Jesus needs? YOU ARE!!
Neighbor, the Lord needs you!
2 Samuel 6:14-22
Then David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.
16 Now as the ark of the Lord came into the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
17 So they brought the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place in the midst of the tabernacle that David had erected for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
18 And when David had finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.
19 Then he distributed among all the people, among the whole multitude of Israel, both the women and the men, to everyone a loaf of bread, a piece of meat, and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed, everyone to his house.
20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious was the king of Israel today, uncovering himself today in the eyes of the maids of his servants, as one of the base fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”
21 So David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel. Therefore I will play music before the Lord.
22 And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be humble in my own sight. But as for the maidservants of whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in honor.”
John 12:12-13
The next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out: “Hosanna! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ The King of Israel!”
Hosanna is the combination of two different words and it literally means “SAVE NOW!”
Psalms 118:25-26
Save now, I pray, O Lord; O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity. 26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
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Will You Change?
Psalm 4:2 – How long, O you sons of men, Will you turn my glory to shame? How long will you love worthlessness and seek falsehood? Selah
The Bible tells us to be super careful that we don’t call evil ‘good’ and good ‘evil.’ The Lord has a holy hatred for the portrayal of His glory as something false and shameful. Be careful not to lose your value for what is real and true.
Declaration: I don’t call worthless things glorious and shameful things normal. I speak the truth and value God’s truth.
WILL YOU CHANGE?If you study Deuteronomy 28, the first 14 verses are God’s awesome blessing for obedience. It’s amazing, but the next verse is anything but:
“But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you… – Deuteronomy 28:15
The Lord gives them a long list of curses for disobedience. Look it up because it’ll blow your mind. What’s real is as extreme as the blessing is, the curse is just as extreme.
One thing He promises in the blessing is He’ll make it rain. There’s a big difference between the Old Testament covenant and the New Testament covenant. Under the New Covenant, God Almighty makes it rain on the just and the unjust.
…that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. – Matthew 5:45
In the Old Testament, God only let it rain on the just. In the Old Testament, the Jews were God’s chosen people.
The truth is, God never changes. What changed between the two covenants was the arrival of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament, through Christ, God offers salvation to the Jews and Gentiles alike. Paul calls that “the one new man” – Jew and Gentile accepted and blessed by God Almighty.
Old Testament and New, He is the only God. The only One worthy of our praise. Here in Texas, we pray for rain a lot. But do we pray for Jesus to reign? Surrender to Him. Be obedient and walk in the blessings He promised to our Jewish brothers and sisters. They’re for us too!
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April 1, 2023
Close the Door!
Revelation 4:1 – After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”
God is not subject to time, space, or matter. He is above the natural laws of the universe because He is the creator of all. Jesus can step into any single timeframe and change it. What logistical miracle do you need today?
Declaration: Nothing is too hard for the Lord. Jesus is accelerating my timeframe to bring me into alignment for my assignment.
CLOSE THE DOOR!Jesus teaches us to match our prayers with settings. Why? Because we’re in a relationship and you don’t meet your best friend in a trash heap and expect a positive outcome.
Yes, the reason we “close the door” on our prayer closet is because it’s a picture of intimacy. If you want to get intimate with God, set things up for intimacy. The last part of shutting the door is intentionality.
When you’ve got something important to bring before Jesus, you go into a room and you close the door – you’ve got business to do. You’re not going to worry about what’s going on outside or who is going to overhear. You have to think about what’s going on in there. You’re intentional.
That’s when you do something by decision instead of by default. I love being intentional. My default setting always spins me off into some place that’s bad. We have to learn to reprogram our own default settings.
When all hell breaks loose, you don’t just instantly run to Jesus. You have to make yourself do that. You do it enough and that becomes your default setting. But you have to do that through the intentional posture of discipline.
The same way, you don’t just accidentally fall into a blessing because God is intentional. The power of intent is huge in the Kingdom. Being intentional means you have determined to make something a priority. What are you intent on? Today, make Jesus a priority and close the door. You’ll be greatly rewarded.
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.” – Matthew 6:5
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March 31, 2023
Simple as That
John 3:31 – He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
King Jesus is the Amen. He is the faithful and true witness, the beginning and ruler of God’s creation. He knows the level of your passion toward Him and His Kingdom. Not the passion you show in public, but the passion in your daily in and out. Is He above all in your life?
Declaration: I’m passionate about my King and what He is passionate about. I will exalt Him today in every situation.
SIMPLE AS THATI’ve heard people ask, “Did God change from the Old Testament to the New Testament?” No. Numbers 23 tells us God is not one to lie to His people or change His mind.
“God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?” – Numbers 23:19
“But Pastor Troy, why are the Old Covenant and the New Covenant so different because is really seems like God changed.” I’m here to tell you He hasn’t and explain what happened from one side of the cross to the other.
It works like this: in order for God Almighty to give you mercy, He first has to deal with the justice part of it. Under the Old Covenant, any time you went into covenant with someone it was until death. Since God Almighty went into that kind of a covenant with them, that meant that He Himself had to die because that was the deal – until death.
God wanted to fulfill that covenant. Jesus said in Matthew 5:17 He didn’t come to destroy the Old Testament. He came to fulfill it.
What needed to be fulfilled in the Old Testament? It was the “justice” part because you and I could never tap into God’s mercy if there was no justice. We couldn’t pay the price. The justice part said you and I deserve to go to hell – that the wrath of God had to be poured out upon us.
So what happened? Jesus went to the cross and He paid the justice price for you and for me. He fulfilled our end of the contract. Once He took on all of our sin and the Father judged them, He looked at the Old Covenant and said, “It is finished.” He closed the door on it.
That was on Good Friday. On Sunday, Jesus resurrected from the dead with all these tickets that said “judgment is given, justice been paid. Now everybody has access to mercy.”
Yes, Jesus sits upon a mercy seat, but its foundation is judgment and truth. God isn’t bipolar. He is Love and love demands justice and gives mercy – simple as that.
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March 30, 2023
The Power of Uniqueness
John 3:30 – He must increase, but I must decrease.
Your walk with God is a lifetime of learning how to give Him priority over and in every part of your life. King Jesus has to take priority over your marriage, your finances, your business, your kids – even your purpose and identity. Have you given Him first place?
Declaration: I continue to decrease while God increases in my life, my family, my work, and ministry. My life is about Him, not me.
THE POWER OF UNIQUENESSIf you are able to describe the power of God within your life, you have no power of God within your life. It is so important that you and I tap into some things that are, in fact, indescribable.
One of the reasons the power and the gifts of God – the majesty and brilliance of God – are so indescribable is they are unique to each of us. They don’t belong to anybody else because while God loves us all the same, He doesn’t speak or appear to us all the same way.
The principle of uniqueness is important because uniqueness has to do with intimacy and things that are personal. There’s a big part of my walk with God that is personal. It doesn’t belong to anybody else.
Some of the most powerful things in your life are only going to belong to you. Religion will never teach you that. A religious church will tell you we’re all supposed to have the same walk, talk exactly the same, that there’s not supposed to be any diversity among us – nothing unique – we all act the same. Right?
What’s real is, God isn’t doing the same thing within me that He’s doing in you. Yes, He’s saved us through one way – the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ – and there is no other way, I promise you that. But, I’m not trying to get saved anymore. I’m already saved!
Now I’m trying to live like I’m saved and so are you. How I walk that out is going to look different from how you walk that out. God is so good that He didn’t give us all the same identity, purpose and destiny. That’s where our power lies. Each of us fulfills something unique in His Kingdom, for His purpose and His glory.
However, you are chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, people who belong to God. You were chosen to tell about the excellent qualities of God, who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. – 1 Peter 2:9
Today, I dare you to live like you’re saved. Fulfill something unique for the Kingdom and give God the glory!
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March 29, 2023
Gone to the Dogs
Mark 3:29 – “…but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation”
How you carry the Spirit of God matters. How you steward your gifts matters. The Lord doesn’t take that lightly. Rejecting the truth of the Holy Spirit is rejecting King Jesus. It’s a big deal and it is the “sin unto death”!
Declaration: I fear the Lord and create room for Holy Spirit to move in my life. He is the Spirit of Truth and I will not deny Him.
GONE TO THE DOGSI’m going to tell you from personal experience, there’s a very offensive side to Jesus. I found it outright offensive when He told me to be a giver and I was flat broke. It’s offensive that He wakes me up in the middle of the night and tells me to seek Him.
When Jesus gets offensive, I have a choice and so do you. Seek and follow Him or not. It’s offense that keeps us from seeking.
There’s a Canaanite woman in the Bible who followed Jesus around desperate for a word of healing for her demon-possessed daughter. Jesus called her a dog! She was getting on the nerves of all the disciples, and Jesus picked up that so He’s like, “watch how the disciples approve of Me offending this woman.”
“He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.” The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me,” she said. He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to their dogs.” She replied, “Yes Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” – Matthew 15:24-27
It’s like Jesus was saying, “Uhm, excuse me, ma’am. I don’t really have anything for you because what I have is for the children of God and not for dogs.”
Jesus called a woman a dog and she refused to get offended. Instead, she said, “Oh, you’re calling me a dog? Well, that means I get to sit under the table and eat the crumbs. Those crumbs will heal my daughter.”
Jesus didn’t say that to humiliate her. He wanted to expose the fact that she refused to be offended. She was going to seek Him, and seek Him, and seek Him until she finally got something. Then He turns to the disciples and is like, “I wish you guys were like her.”
Seeking is a big deal, but you have to get past the offense that surrounds it. It’s not easy, convenient or free. It will cost you some pride, but it’s worth it!
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