17/03/2025
It was critical for her to accept the fact. But why would she be called a dog? Yes, she admitted that her daughter was demon-possessed, but she was still human who walked with her legs and did something useful with her hands. Only that when that demon comes on her, she behaves strangely.
Was that enough to call her a dog? At home, she eats freely on my dining table, with a clean set of plates and cutlery, she normally would have her bathe and have a change of dress daily on her own. She goes to school, studies hard, and comes with excellent results. Dogs can't do these, but she ignored all her mind was telling her, and pushed the discussion further.
"Yes, Lord," she said, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." Matthew 15:27 (NIV)
At this junction, she won the battle, she received the victory she longed for, and her daughter was delivered. Now, she will cease being a dog, but a child at the feet of the Master.
Why have I struggled so long with my own case? Why have I refused to accept what the Lord sees in my life?
Yes, a believer as I so much know, a devoted tongue speaking Christian, but the Master says, I am a dog, not yet a child. So, His bread, is not for people at my level.
Will you humble yourself, and accept this fact if that's what He says to you? Will you plead with mercy, and accept the crumbs that fall from the table? Truth be told, crumbs won't be as sweet as bread, but it would go a long way to rescue you from what makes you a dog on the inside....
This is too much for me Father, as I'm not left out. Please, look through me, and check if there is still an element of the life of a dog in me. One thing I have known about dogs, is that they always go back to their vomit. And you will not give what is holy unto dogs, lest they trample under their feet.
I have trusted You for a complete life of holiness these years, but I refuse to walk in assumption. Help me Father, not to go back to my vomit. The life of immorality that I once lived in the past, the life of hypocrisy and pretense that had followed me in the past, may I not return to them, even as You have helped me overcome them all. In Jesus name, Amen.
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