Order

How strikingly was this invariable principle of order expressed and acted upon by that obedient, yet always gracious and loving One, who was the express image of His Father, As man on earth. He was always to be found in His proper place, always knowing His time and His hour. From the beginning at Cana, when He rejoiced with them that rejoiced, to the end at Bethany when He wept with them that wept, or even after the end of His life on earth, at His resurrection, in the folded condition of His grave clothes, this order was manifested.
The Syrophenician woman, when applying to the Lord, at first takes Jewish ground, and addresses Him as "Son of David." No answer. He was not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. She then comes and worships Him, saying: "Lord, help me." She only meets with a still more humiliating, crushing refusal: "It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs." For such was then her place as that of the Gentiles generally. She had stepped out of her place, and had to be reminded of it. It is only when she takes her true place that her request is granted.