Lord Help Me Matthew 16 25

25Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, help me!"



22A Gentile woman who lived there came to him, pleading, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! For my daughter has a demon in her, and it is severely tormenting her." 23But Jesus gave her no reply-not even a word. Then his disciples urged him to send her away. "Tell her to leave," they said. "She is bothering us with all her begging." 24Then he said to the woman, "I was sent only to help the people of Israel-God's lost sheep-not the Gentiles."
25But she came and worshiped him and pleaded again, "Lord, help me!" 26"It isn't right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs," he said. 27"Yes, Lord," she replied, "but even dogs are permitted to eat crumbs that fall beneath their master's table." 28"Woman," Jesus said to her, "your faith is great. Your request is granted." And her daughter was instantly healed.

Jesus' response is a little confusing. At first He appears to ignore this woman's request. The disciples take this opportunity to chide her, saying, "send her away for her begging is bothering us." One of the reasons that Jesus appeared to ignore this woman was to see how the disciples would respond to her. They failed that test. We would do well to pay particular attention to their response and not make the same mistake.

Jesus told the woman, "I was sent only to help the people of Israel-God's lost sheep-not the Gentiles." Listen to her response; "Lord, help me; even dogs are permitted to eat crumbs that fall beneath their master's table." Jesus said to her, "your faith is great. Your request is granted."

Christ knew exactly what He was doing and He knew what He was going to do. Jesus failed to respond to her request so that she would ask Him again. Every accepted prayer is not immediately an answered prayer. Sometimes, God waits a moment to see if we will rely on Him or jump up and go our own way and do our own thing. I am personally convinced that there are a lot of unanswered prayers in our own lives because we did not get the answer we wanted and we turned to take care of things on our own instead of waiting on the Lord to do what we have asked Him to do.

This woman knew in her heart that Jesus could heal her daughter and she stood firm in her faith and the promises of God to the world and Jesus acknowledged her faith and extended His mercy to her and her daughter! He will do the same for you and me if we will just wait on Him to do so!