Give Me Some Crumbs!

Hey guys!  I feel like it's been forever since I've posted....I've had a post brewing for a couple weeks and I was trying to download all I could before I sat in front of the computer.  Two weeks ago during our youth service Pastor Chris delivered an amazing message on crumbs.  Now that you are thoroughly confused let me explain and give my two cents on the message.  In the story of the Canaanite woman (Matthew 15:21-28) Matthew speaks about a woman that has a daughter that is severely oppressed by a demon.  I can't imagine having to deal with that sort of craziness.  The story goes on to say that Jesus was in the town she lived in and she came out as He walked by and cried out "Have mercy on me, o Lord, son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon."  Jesus did not immediately answer and then His disciples came to Him and said "send her away".....for she was not one of their people.  I feel like He stopped and looked at the disciples and shook His head at them and asked sarcastically, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel?"  A lot of times we think that because we haven't been living "right" or because we have messed up that Jesus doesn't want to help us....but He is telling us plain as day in this story that that is not the case!  The woman came and kneeled before Him and said "Lord, help me".  His response, " It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."  To me this is Jesus saying to the woman....it's not right for me to give all my blessings to non believers.  Her response is a simple comment that has absolutely rocked me ever since, so much so that I have had trouble sitting down and putting it in words, she said " Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from the masters' table."  WOW!  She knew that even the smallest of pieces of Jesus was enough for her.  How many times do we sit and think about how we haven't seen any big moves of God lately....maybe we went through a season where we saw healings and people being delivered from all sorts of things that have haunted them and now it seems like He isn't moving, all because you are only looking for the big things.  Jesus looked down at that woman and smiled at her and said "O woman, great is your faith!  Be it done for you as you desire", and her daughter was healed instantly.  It doesn't say that her daughter got healed a month from now, or a week from now, or even tomorrow....it was instant!  If you are truly hungry for a relationship with the Father why in the world would you refuse to eat the crumbs?!?! Someone who is really hungry will eat every little bit they can to truly be satisfied.  There is nothing wrong with expecting the big things....but are you partaking in the small things that will help lead you to the big ones?  I don't want to show up in Heaven one day and have God ask me how often I did the little things in order to feed my hunger and not be able to give a good answer.  In Matthew 7:21-23 the Lord says "Not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of Heaven, but the one who does the will of the Father who is in Heaven.  On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?  And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness'."  Can you imagine going your whole life thinking you were a good Christian and then hearing those words come out of the mouth of your Father?!?  I would be crushed.  Pastor Chris summed up why people will hear this someday...."Because they bit of the bread but they didn't bite of the crumbs anymore."  My wish for myself and for all of those that I love is that we would all sit at the feet of the Father and pick up every little crumb that the Father drops for us.  Why can't we be like this woman who was going through unimaginable things but still had the faith in God to know that even the smallest crumb can fix it all!  Another great example is in Mark 5....the woman with the issue of blood.....there were people crowded around Jesus as He walked through the town, so many people that no one could get near Him.  There was a woman there who had a discharge of blood for 12 years...12 years!!!  She spent everything she had trying to fix it, but it only made things worse.  She pushed through the crowd and came up behind Him and touched the hem of his robe.  She said "If I touch even his garments, I will be made well."  Jesus could feel some of the power rush out of Him and said "Who touched my garments".......the disciples thought He was crazy because everyone was touching Him.  The woman fell at His feet and told Him the truth.....his response is amazing....He said to her " Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease."  The most amazing point that was made on this story to me is....Jesus did not touch her, she touched Him.  Are we just sitting back waiting on God to move in front of us or are we chasing after Him pressing into Him just hoping for a crumb?  You may say to yourself "But, I know that I am a Christian", but by who's standards?  We need to live up to His standards not what we think makes a Christian.  My biggest fear is that someday the Lord will say to me "I never knew you".....I challenge all of you to press in and not just sit back and wait on the Lord to move.  Get in your word (I know I need to do this a lot more), your Bible just may be the crumbs you need to become the person that He wants you to be.  This post is a bit different than most on this page but I felt like a recap of a great message that has been rocking me for two weeks needed to be put out there.  Its easy to get caught up in a rut and sit and wish that you were back at a time in your life where you were jumping up and down worshipping and seeing healings.  But God doesn't want you to go back to that time in your life....He wants you to just come after Him...with all of your heart!  I for one will be joining the dogs eating the crumbs.....hopefully I can look around and see all of you joining me.  If there's anything that I can be praying for you about please reach out....I love all of you guys.