Matthew 15 – Tunnel vision

Jesus mission on earth was to minister to Israel.  After his death the mission of the disciples would be to minister in his name to all the world.  It seems typical (although probably not universal) that each of us are called to minister to a certain group.  Later in Acts Paul tended to minister to the gentiles while Peter tended to minister to the Jews.  But something we need to remember is that if someone outside of our called ministry comes to us and asks about faith in Jesus, we need to minister to that person.

In Matthew 15:21 a Canaanite woman came to Jesus and asked for him to minister to her.  She was not who Jesus had been called to minister to, but because she came to him in faith he did not turn her away.  Jesus did not have tunnel vision.  In our ministries we need to avoid tunnel vision; vision that could keep us from ministering to the people God is bringing to us.

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