Just A Crumb of Grace

# 478 - Today's Living Word comes from: Mr 7:28-30, “And she answered and said to Him, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children's crumbs." 29 Then He said to her, "For this saying go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter." 30 And when she had come to her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.”

Wow! A “long-distance” exorcism! No laying on of hands, no loud incantation. Jesus simply said, “the demon has gone out of your daughter!” This is further proof of His absolute dominion over the devil and his forces . Distance is no obstacle when it comes to the authority of Jesus!

The woman had been dogging Jesus to heal her daughter and He had ignored her. What was it that turned the tables for her? In verse 29 we read, “for this saying go your way.” What saying? Her saying or the saying of Jesus? Both! In Jesus saying we have Him stating a biblical truth concerning God's plan for spreading the Gospel. Her response to His saying was a resounding “Amen.” She understood the plan and accepted it, but she also understood that even a crumb of God's grace would be enough to overpower the evil one.

When God showed His power to Elijah, He wasn't in the wailing wind, or the earthquake, or in the raging fire, He was in the “still small voice,” And that still small voice was enough to deliver Elijah from his bout of depression.

Anyone who has ever suffered from depression can appreciate the power involved in such a deliverance. Yes, just a crumb of God's grace is enough to overpower the enemy, may His grace come to you through faith and deliver you in your hour of need.

I'm Duane Matz and that's Today's Living Word.