Offense

Mark 7:25-29 says:

A woman whose little daughter had an evil spirit heard about Jesus. She went to him and bowed down. 26 The woman was a Greek Syrophoenician by race. She wanted him to drive out the demon out of her daughter. 27 He said to her: Let the children be fed first. It is not proper to take the childrens bread and cast it to the dogs. 28 She answered: Yes Lord, even the dogs under the table eat from the childrens crumbs. 29 Then he replied: Thanks to your answer you may leave for the demon has gone out of your daughter.

This is such an interesting verse. Recently a friend of mine was taking about this verse and he had some profound revelation about it. If you look at it Jesus is actually calling her a dog. That is crazy! But it was a test to see her reaction. The Lord wanted to see if she was going to be offended by Him, or if she would still receive Him.

Imagine if your pastor called you a dog and didn't want to pray for you because of all the others to pray for! Well that is what happened. When we are offened by people we aren't trusting the Lords leadership in our life. So I challenge you not to be offended by people, but instead forgive them and trust the Lord.