Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Her persistence was not stubborn self-will but the fruit of settled trust in Christ's goodness. When He refused her, she did not flinch or abandon hope, she held fast to the conviction about the Messiah that the Word of God had planted in her. This is true faith: that no denial, however plainly spoken, tears from us the general foundation of our salvation that rests on God's promise.
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Christ left them justly, for willful prejudice against the Gospel provokes Him to withdraw His light. Yet into that dark corner near Tyre and Sidon He came with mercy in store, showing that the ends of the earth shall see His salvation even when the favored reject Him.
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Commenting on Matthew 15:21-28
She worships Him as God Himself now, and her prayer is perfect in its brevity: 'Lord, help me.' She owns His sovereignty and power, confesses she cannot help herself, and no creature can either. Though her daughter suffers, her love makes the daughter's affliction her own; relieving the child is the help that relieves her.
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