THE WHOLE WORLD

THE WHOLE WORLD


I WONDER if Jesus
Always knew
His MISSION was
THE WHOLE WORLD


BASED on the reading
In Matthew today
Maybe not


Nevertheless he answered
The CALL for the NEED
In this world


“Oh woman=GREAT is your faith!
Let it be done for you
As you WISH” Matthew 15:28


A Canaanite woman=in utter DESPERATION
Makes a scene
And CRIES OUT to Jesus
On behalf=of her daughter


Jesus first IGNORES her
And then he PUBLICLY rebukes her


“I was sent ONLY
To the LOST SHEEP
Of ISRAEL” Matthew 15:24


If it had REMAINED that way=
TODAY=we would be sheep
WITHOUT A SHEPHERD


But the woman PERSISTED
In her request
And in doing so
She seems to INVITE Jesus


To reconsider and ENLARGE
His mission
Regarding who is INCLUDED
In the reign of God


THANK GOD for this woman
And her daughter=
Thank God for US=
Thank God=FOR THE WHOLE WORLD


That Jesus ANSWERS those of us
In need=


For each and EVERY ONE of us
Jesus has ENLARGED his mission
To INCLUDE all of us


“For God so loved
The WORLD
That he gave


His one and ONLY SON
That WHOEVER believes in him


Shall NOT PERISH
But have eternal LIFE” John 3:16


Jesus came for us
For the NEEDS
Of the WHOLE WORLD


“........that God was RECONCILING
The WORLD to himself=in CHRIST


NOT COUNTING people's sins
Against them........” 2 Corinthians 5:19


“And his commands
Are not burdensome


For everyone BORN of God
Overcomes the WORLD


This is the VICTORY
That has overcome the WORLD=
Even our FAITH” 1 John 5:4


Jesus was a DEEP THINKER


And after LISTENING to
This woman and her dire need=
NOT to mention us=and ALL
Of our dire needs


He decides to EMBRACE
The world and GIVE his
HEART=not to mention
HIS BODY=for the EVOLVING KINGDOM
And the ENTIRE WORLD


In the names of Jesus=and his EVER-LOVING FATHER=
Who are the LIGHT OF THE WORLD


Robert P. Wallman
8-9-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Chris Koellhoffer, I.H.M.