READ: Mark 7:24-30
Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense.
Proverbs 19:11(AMP)
Stir up the gift of God by walking in unusual humility and not being offended. The Syrophoenician woman exhibited unusual humility. Unusual humility is exhibited when you are not offended and hurt by the things that Satan uses to hurt you.
Jesus said offences would surely come. An entire ministry destined for glory and eternal crowns can swerve away from the path of righteousness into deep darkness just because of a pastor’s hurts. Satan is the author of hurts, wounds and offences. Watch out for hurts, wounds and offences. They are the symptoms and signs of a satanic infiltration and penetration of your armour.
The Syrophoenician woman stirred up the power of God by not being offended when she was compared to a dog. There are people who do not understand illustrations and would immediately consider the mention of a dog in a sentence to be an insult.
When you are not offended, you are exhibiting the highest kind of humility. You will stir up the power of God by overcoming evil with good. Satan has thrown darts at you intended to hurt you and make you wince and scream in pain. Satan loves to inflict hurts and injury to God’s servants. He wants to wound you so much in your heart that you cannot rise up to minister in joy as you used to.
Your ability to lift up your head and to carry on in the service of God, even though you have been wounded, is a sign of your humility. Priests were not allowed to have boils. A boil is an unhealed wound. These are wounds that go on and on, causing bitterness and spreading venom.
Your wounds and hurts will only drive you away from the Lord’s anointed, cutting you off from the gift of God.