13迦南妇人来到主面前不是因为她饿了,乃是因为她女儿病了。但主把这局面转到吃的事上。主没有说,“我是医生,来到以色列人这里,我不能医治外邦人,我不能医治狗。”主似乎说,“我来是作儿女的饼。把儿女的饼丢给狗是不对的。”虽然那妇人的恳求与吃无关,主却特意把她的情形联于吃的事,好给我们看见,我们所需要的不是外面的洗净,乃是为着里面的滋养而吃。在道理的安排上,马太把这些事摆在一起,使我们领会,为着诸天的国,我们不需要外面的洁净,我们所需要的乃是让基督进入我们里面。你软弱有病么?你有某些难处么?不要想在外面对付这些事,乃要在里面借着吃耶稣对付这些事。事实上,你该把那些事都忘掉。你所需要的不是外面的洗净,乃是基督进入你里面。主似乎对迦南妇人说,“你不需要医治,你需要我!你外面不需要我;你里面需要我。你需要吃我。我是饼来给人吃、消化、吸收。我要进入你这人里面,进入你全人、血轮和组织里。我要进入你的构成成分里面,并且成为你。因此,你需要吃我。不要在外面对付事情,乃要借着把我接受到你里面,在里面对付每件事。只要我能进入你里面滋养你,每个问题都要得着解决。”(马太福音生命读经,六一二至六一四页)
13The Canaanite woman did not come to the Lord because she was hungry; she came because her daughter was sick. But the Lord turned the situation to the matter of eating. The Lord did not say, “I came as a Physician to the children of Israel, and I cannot heal any heathen. I cannot cure dogs.” Rather, the Lord seemed to be saying, “I came as bread to the children. It is not right to throw the children’s bread to the dogs.” Although the woman’s request had nothing to do with eating, the Lord purposely related her case to the matter of eating to show us that what we need is not outward washing but eating for the inward nourishing. In his doctrinal arrangement Matthew put these matters together that we might understand that for the kingdom of the heavens we do not need outward cleansing, but what we need is for Christ to get into us. Are you sick or weak? Do you have certain problems? Do not try to deal with these things in an outward way. Instead, deal with them in an inward way by eating Jesus. In fact, you should forget about all those things. What you need is not outward washing but Christ coming into you. The Lord seemed to be saying to the Canaanite woman, “You don’t need healing. You need Me! And you do not need Me outwardly; you need Me inwardly. You need to eat Me. I came as bread for people to eat, to digest, and to assimilate. I would like to get into your being, into your system, vessels, and fibers. I would like to get into your very constituent and become you. Thus, you need to eat Me. Don’t deal with things in an outward way. Rather, deal with everything in an inward way by taking Me into you. As long as I can get into you to nourish you, every problem will be solved.” (Life-study of Matthew, pp. 523-524)