Streams Of Joy Daily Devotional - UNDER THE TABLE

UNDER THE TABLE

“And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.” (Matthew 15: 27)

That is the Focal Scripture of Streams of Joy Devotional today.


When Jesus told the woman of Tyre and Sidon that the children’s bread would not be cast to dogs, she insisted that dogs can at least eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table. She put herself in the position of a dog under the table, and insisted on having what falls from the table. Being under the table was the pathway for a 'dog' to eat the crumbs.

We live in a dispensation where everyone wants to sit at the table but no one wants to go under the table; we prefer to be masters but not servants. We often wish to be in charge but not under anyone; we prefer to be bosses but not subordinates. Sometimes, we just can’t go under the table.

Friend, when you are not on the ‘table’, dare to stay under. Stay under someone who is a carrier of grace. Be humble enough to be a servant wherever you find yourself. When you don’t have the finances you need yet, be humble enough to seek and accept the assistance of those who have in abundance. When life does not give you the option of being at the top, make the most of being under.

The crumbs that fall from a table while a meal is on, come from the same meal that is eaten on the table. The crumbs might be small, but they are same as what you have on the table. If you are humble enough to stay around the table, God will cause you to have what those on the table are enjoying. If you dare to be a good servant, God will cause you to have what your masters have.

Like that woman of Tyre and Sidon, stay around the table, hang around the tables you desire to sit on, even if your only option is to be under. One day, what is on the table will come to you.

Pray With Me: Lord, give me the humility to be under the ‘table’ when I can’t be on the table, in Jesus’ name!

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