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VIETNAMESE ARTICLES
22 February 2008
Trust in God’s Mercy (Part 5)
It is not enough to know God’s mercy. You and I are to
sincerely and perseveringly cry for God’s mercy to be upon us with our
humility, submission and trust.
The Scripture records the faith of a woman of
Canaan who
trusted in the Lord’s mercy perseveringly and received His help. (Matt
15:21-28). She came to the Lord and cried, “Have mercy on me, O Lord,
thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.”
And her faith was tested. Firstly, the Lord Jesus “answered her not
a word,” and His disciples besought Him, saying, “Send her away;
for she crieth after us.” (If it were you, how would you react?
Would you not need the Lord any more and go away?). Next, when hearing
Jesus’ words, “I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of
Israel,” the woman did not give up her trust but came and “worship
him,” saying, “Lord, help me.” The Lord kept testing her
faith and answered, “It is not meet to take the children's bread, and
to cast it to dogs.” (If it were you, would you feel offended?). The
woman humbly admitted her nothingness and unworthiness and said,
“Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their
masters' table.” She wholeheartedly trusted in the Lord’s mercy,
passed the test and received His help. The Lord said, “O woman, great
is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt.” And her daughter
was made healthy from that very hour.
Sometimes the Lord wants to test your faith and mine to see
whether we sincerely humble ourselves before Him, submit ourselves to
Him and perseveringly trust in His mercy until the end. Many arrogantly
show that they will not need the Lord any more after they have cried
unto Him but not been helped immediately. How about you? “God
resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble (James 4:6).
Please read our next article.
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