Great Faith: Lessons Learned from an Audacious Mother Part II

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What Can We Learn from Her?

1. She Understood Her Dependence on God

A pet is completely dependent on its owner for food, water, shelter, love, medical care and the like. This is the nature of our dependence on God and then, even more so—after all, the very air in our lungs is a gift from Him.

James 1:17 says, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights” (NKJV).

We must recognise God as the Source of every good thing in our lives. He may use different channels to get such things to us, but He alone is the Source of these things.

God may use your employer to pay your salary—but He is your Provider!

God may use the doctor to operate on your body—but He is your Healer!

God may use your burglar alarm system to keep thieves away—but He is your Protector!

Do you get my point? Independence is an illusion. We are dependent on Him for everything. He may change the channels that He uses, but He will always remain the Source.

2. She Understood the Character of God

This mother knew that God is good. She recognised that He wants to heal, provide, protect, and save. This is who He is. He is goodness personified. Do you see how persistent she was in her request? She refused to take no for an answer! This is how confident she was that God wanted to help her and her child. She understood His nature—and depended on it completely.

The clearest picture we have of the nature of God is the example set by Jesus. He healed the sick, delivered the tormented, forgave the sinner, and fed the hungry. “The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner” Jesus explained in John 5:19 (NKJV). Our God delights in being our Healer, Provider, Protector, Deliverer and Saviour, yesterday, today, and forever.

Maybe you have misjudged Him because of pain or disappointment. Maybe you have allowed one bad experience to reshape your theology. Recalibrate tonight. God is who He says He is. No experience changes that. Is life always easy? No. Do we always understand? No. But, God is a good God and all things work together for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose (Rom 8:28).

What about you?

Have you stopped recognising God as your Source?

When you stop acknowledging Him:

It limits His blessing in your life, as He no longer gets the glory.

It can lead to pride or idolatry.

It cools your love for Him.

It stifles your witness to others.

It makes you unstable when challenges strike.

But, when you keep on recognising and thanking Him, everything changes. When your salary hits your bank account, thank Him. When the medicine works, thank Him. When you arrive safely at home, thank Him. Keep on thanking Him. Recognising this truth gives you stability and strengthens your faith even when a channel falters. A channel may falter—but the Source never fails!

One Final Thought

Maybe you have undervalued how much God loves you. That Gentile woman had no idea that Jesus would soon die for her sins. We do. We have the full Gospel. And yet, we often trust Him less than she did.

Romans 8:32 says: “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” (NKJV).

Psalm 139 reminds us that His thoughts toward us outnumber the grains of sand.

What does He want from you?

Your faith.

Faith is agreeing with God. It is learning who He is through meditating on Scripture and then saying, “Yes, Lord. I believe You are who You say You are.”

So, don’t give up. We don’t know how long this woman trusted for a miracle for her daughter. Days? Months? Years? But she didn’t stop believing. She gave God her faith, again and again, until the breakthrough came.

You do the same.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths” (Prov 3:5-6, NKJV).

Amen and amen.