After Jesus spends time in a primarily Jewish region, he proceeds once again to a region that appears to be primarily Gentile. At first glance, Jesus appears to almost insult the woman who comes to him, but as we read the story we see that is not what is happening at all. Instead we see someone who would have been looked down upon by most of Jesus’ contemporaries acting in faith towards Jesus. He responds by healing this woman’s daughter.
This is one of the many signs throughout the book of Mark that the Christ’s gospel is not to be limited only to the Jewish people. Indeed, that is where it started and where Jesus clearly spends a majority of his time, but his mission is to fulfill the Abramic Blessing in Genesis 12 and to be a ‘blessing to all people’.
Our challenge today is to continue to live out that blessing by taking the gospel to all people. This means that we must be the first to be willing to cross social boundaries in our culture, whether that is race, social classes, or any other man-made walls designed to divide people. What boundaries do you see between people in your world that you should tear down for the gospel of Christ?
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