Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 15:25

"But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me." — Matthew 15:25 (ASV)

Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

Her prayer got shorter, and she grew more intense, more energetic, more determined to win the blessing. "Lord help me."

Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

She takes a humbler attitude than she had at first assumed. She comes closer, and she is more earnest and personal in her pleading than she had been: "Lord help me." Her prayer is shorter than it was at first; and I think that, when prayers grow shorter, they grow stronger. There is often more proof of earnestness in a short prayer than there is in a long one; glibness of speech is not prevalence in intercession.

Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord help me.

A very short prayer; but how much there was in it!

Instead of withdrawing, she came nearer and she worshipped him. It was well done. She could not solve the problems of the destiny of her race and of the Lord’s commission, but she could pray. She knew little about the limitations of Messiahship, but she knew that the Lord had boundless power. If, as a shepherd, He may not gather her, yet, as Lord, He may help her. The divine nature of Christ is a well-spring of comfort to troubled hearts.

Her petition was brief, yet comprehensive. It came hot from her heart and went straight to the point. Her daughter’s case was her own and so she cried, Lord, help me. Lord, help us to pray as she did.

Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

Then came she, and worshipped him. If Jesus Christ was not really and truly God, he was a base imposter to allow this woman to worship him. She had called him Lord, once before, and he did not rebuke her; and now she not only calls him Lord, but she worships him. She was doing quite right, for he is none other than very God of very God: Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.