About Faith In GOD
With regard
to faith, it is said in Scripture: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped
for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1). From this verse we can
see that faith involves the belief that everything we hope for shall be
realized, and the confidence that things we cannot see shall be achieved. In the
course of following God, faith is particularly important because it represents
one’s true dependence on and admiration of God. Only those who possess true
faith can witness God’s wondrous deeds and be made perfect by Him.
It is
recorded in the Bible, “And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same
coasts, and cried to Him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, You Son of David;
my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But He answered her not a word.
And His disciples came and sought Him, saying, Send her away; for she cries
after us. But He answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep
of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped Him, saying,
Lord, help me. But He answered and said, It is not meet to take the
children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord:
yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table. Then Jesus
answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith: be it to you
even as you will. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour”
(Matthew 15:22–28). These verses tell a story about a Canaanite woman who asked
the Lord Jesus to heal her demon-possessed daughter, and
how her daughter was cured because of her faith. So why did the Lord Jesus
commend her that her faith was great? What exactly showed her faith? Was it her
willingness to be a dog?
" What was it that the Lord Jesus praised her for? It was that she didn’t care whether the Lord Jesus saw her as a dog, as a person, or as the devil Satan. She didn’t care what He saw her as. The most important point was that she regarded the Lord Jesus as God, and that she affirmed the Lord Jesus to be the Lord, and to be God. This is a truth and a fact that is eternally unchanging. The Lord Jesus was God, was the Lord, was the One affirmed as such in her heart, and that was enough. Irrespective of whether the Lord Jesus saved her or didn’t save her, whether He saw her as someone to eat with together at table, or as a disciple, or a follower, or whether He saw her as a lapdog or guard dog, it was all fine, she didn’t care. In any case, it was enough for her to acknowledge that the Lord Jesus was the Lord of her heart; this was her greatest faith."
" What was it that the Lord Jesus praised her for? It was that she didn’t care whether the Lord Jesus saw her as a dog, as a person, or as the devil Satan. She didn’t care what He saw her as. The most important point was that she regarded the Lord Jesus as God, and that she affirmed the Lord Jesus to be the Lord, and to be God. This is a truth and a fact that is eternally unchanging. The Lord Jesus was God, was the Lord, was the One affirmed as such in her heart, and that was enough. Irrespective of whether the Lord Jesus saved her or didn’t save her, whether He saw her as someone to eat with together at table, or as a disciple, or a follower, or whether He saw her as a lapdog or guard dog, it was all fine, she didn’t care. In any case, it was enough for her to acknowledge that the Lord Jesus was the Lord of her heart; this was her greatest faith."
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