Satisfied with Whatever God Gives to us

It has happened to all of us before. We ask God for something, and we don’t hear an answer. We ask again and again. Finally...we hear His answer and the answer sounds like He said, “NO!” Frustrated, we sulk in a corner wondering why God gives everyone else what THEY ask for, but when it comes to what WE want, He always says, “NO!” In the story of the Canaanite Woman in Matthew 15.21-28, we see a woman who seems to be struggling with the same problem. She asks God over and over again to heal her daughter until she finally hears Him say, “It is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.” The difference is that this woman didn’t sulk, and she didn’t accuse God of giving everyone something that she deserved. The Canaanite Woman had deep faith and a deeper humility that allowed her to be satisfied with whatever God gave to her, and her daughter was healed from the moment she reached that pure faith.