Matthew 15
22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23 But he answered her not a word. (emphasis added)  And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

Bro Jerry Trotter was in revival in Grand Ridge a few days ago, and Randy and I were blessed to be able to go down on Sunday night and be with them.

He preached on the scriptures above; he made sure we saw that Jesus did not respond at all to the woman’s request about her daughter; at least not in the beginning.

Bro Jerry pointed out that even when God is quiet, it doesn’t mean He’s not working.

We want God to move on our timetable, but if you’ve been in a relationship with Him for very long, you know that God does things on His timetable, not ours. That may sound mean, but it’s not. Because, beloved, God knows exactly when to move and exactly what to do. He knows that the timing has to be perfect in order for His will to be done perfectly.

It’s hard sometimes, but we have to trust Him to know what He’s doing. He hung the moon and stars – he set the earth on it’s axis – He spoke the universe into existence.  He knows what He’s doing.