READINGS:
1 R : 1 KGS 11 :4 -13 .
Ps 105 : 3 - 4 , 35 - 36, 37 & 40.
Gos : MK 7 : 24 - 30.
JUST NOTE THE STARK CONTRAST:
THE CANANITE, THAT IS THE SYRO - PHOENESIAN WOMAN, WHO IS A GENTILE, EXPRESSES SUCH FIRM FAITH IN JESUS THAT SHE GETS HER " WORK DONE "
ON THE OTHER HAND KING SOLOMON, TO WHOM GOD OF ISRAEL APPEARED TWICE AND BLESSED WITH EXCEPTIONAL WISDOM FAILS TO BE FAITHFUL TO THE ALMIGHTY.
WHAT MAY BE THE IMPLICATION ?
1. VISIONS OF GOD ALONE DO NOT GUARANTEE YOUR " FAITH ". MAY BE THOSE WHO HAVE NO " VISIONS " HAVE A HIGHER DEGREE OF TRUST IN GOD.
2. THERE ARE THINGS AND PERSONS DEFINITELY WHO MAY TAKE US AWAY FROM THE WAYS OF GOD.
3. DESPITE OUR UNFAITHFULNESS AND FOLLY GOD REMAINS FAITHFUL TO HIS PROMISES. GOD TELLS SOLOMON THAT, FOR THE SAKE OF DAVID HE WILL NOT WITHDRAW THE KINGDOM FROM HIS PROGENY. BUT THE EXTENT OF THE KINGDOM IS RESTRICTED.
ASK A PERTINENT QUESTION.
WHO PUTS BLOCKS ON OUR PROGRESS ?
IS HE GOD ?
NEVER FOR SURE.
SOLOMON WITH ALL HIS VISIONS AND WISDOM AND RICHES REACHED NOWHERE.
CANANITE WOMAN WITH FIRM FAITH AND PERSISTENT PRAYER ACHIEVED HER GOAL AND EVEN WON A COMPLIMENT FROM JESUS.
