Jesus is teaching 5000 plus people. It hits dinner time and there is not food near by but 5 loaves and three fish. Jesus feeds all of the people with that little amount of food.
A little while later Jesus is teaching 4000 people. They are without food as well. Jesus takes 7 loaves and some fish and he feeds the people with that. Before Jesus feeds the people. He asks his disciples to feed the people. They say how are we supposed to do that. They had forgotten what Jesus had done with the 5000 people.
Jesus and his disciples are in a boat a while later. The bible does not say how long is between these stories. If there is any indication I am not sure of it. Well his disciples start to fight because they are in the middle of a big lake. They are sailing to the other side. They know they are going to be on the boat for a long time. They are fighting because they didn't pack enough food. Jesus hears them arguing and asks them if they have learned anything from their time with him. Here he feeds 9000 people with very little food and they are worried about having enough food.
How many times do you and I learn something that God is trying to teach us and forget what we learned the next chance we have to show that we learned from our lack of faith. If I was Jesus I would be hitting these guys in the back of the head. I would ask them to open their eyes. It is just interesting that these guys who walked with Jesus struggled with the same things we do. We just do not pay enough attention to how God is working. We look through our earthly eyes in stead of looking through our God given eyes. He is at work always!!!
I just found this interesting.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Peace be still
I love when I get back into the habit of reading my bible. This is the second day in a row. I have just 29 more days to make it a habit :) . I would love to have this as a habit. I love getting stuff out of God's word. Even though some stuff is not new, it is just nice to remember God is much bigger than I can even imagine.
Jesus proved that he is in more control then what people think time and time again. Here in Mark chapter 4 Jesus is teaching a massive crowds. His disciples are going to him after the teachings and saying what did that mean. They had the inside track. They knew he was a great teacher. Then he blows their mind. They get into a boat and a storm roles in. Jesus is sleeping in the boat. His disciples are so terrified that they wake him in a panic. Ok, some of these guys were fishermen. They lived on a boat. I am sure they have been in bad storms, so this one must have been bad. Now they are crying to Jesus because they are affraid of this storm. What does Jesus do? He gets up and says peace be still, and the storm listens to him. If I were there I think I would have soiled myself. I would have said the same thing they did. Who is this man that the wind and waves listen to him. In the same way we need to remember in life Jesus is in control of the coas of our life. He is in control when we feel like things are out of control. This is not a new thing for me, but it is a good thing to remember.
God is in way more control than we know!!!!!!!!!!!
Jesus proved that he is in more control then what people think time and time again. Here in Mark chapter 4 Jesus is teaching a massive crowds. His disciples are going to him after the teachings and saying what did that mean. They had the inside track. They knew he was a great teacher. Then he blows their mind. They get into a boat and a storm roles in. Jesus is sleeping in the boat. His disciples are so terrified that they wake him in a panic. Ok, some of these guys were fishermen. They lived on a boat. I am sure they have been in bad storms, so this one must have been bad. Now they are crying to Jesus because they are affraid of this storm. What does Jesus do? He gets up and says peace be still, and the storm listens to him. If I were there I think I would have soiled myself. I would have said the same thing they did. Who is this man that the wind and waves listen to him. In the same way we need to remember in life Jesus is in control of the coas of our life. He is in control when we feel like things are out of control. This is not a new thing for me, but it is a good thing to remember.
God is in way more control than we know!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
How tiring
This Christmas season has been busy for me. I have made some time for God, but not a lot. I made more time for entertainment and family. Which I believe God wants us to value family and fun. I just know it takes more of a priority than Him sometimes. If I were God, I would get tired of my lack of time I make for him. If I were God I would be sick of providing for me. But he is not easily tired of us. He loves us with undying love.
Reading Mark was interesting tonight. Here Jesus was about to heal a sick man. His enemies, supposedly God fearing men, were looking to trap him. They wanted to see if Jesus was going to heal on the sabbath. Jesus then tries to draw them out. Their hearts got hardened and then he healed the man. They get so mad at Jesus that they plotted to kill him. Here Jesus was doing good things. He was doing things that helped people, and yet the religious people were getting mad at him. They were saying that he was not following the rules. He was doing ministry in a way that was ungodly.
Hmmm when things don't look as I think they should am I quick to judge whether it is not from God? Does God work in ways that I don't think he could? I heard a man say once that people can get saved at bad churches. I am not condoning all things people do that they call ministry. I am just asking if we are too quick to say that is not of God before we know what is really going on.
I am also humbled by Jesus' servant's heart. He knew he was going to get rediculed for healing that man, but he did it anyway. Am I willing to do what is right when everyone is watching? Am I willing to do what is right when I know there are going to be consequences? Hmmm I hope so.
Reading Mark was interesting tonight. Here Jesus was about to heal a sick man. His enemies, supposedly God fearing men, were looking to trap him. They wanted to see if Jesus was going to heal on the sabbath. Jesus then tries to draw them out. Their hearts got hardened and then he healed the man. They get so mad at Jesus that they plotted to kill him. Here Jesus was doing good things. He was doing things that helped people, and yet the religious people were getting mad at him. They were saying that he was not following the rules. He was doing ministry in a way that was ungodly.
Hmmm when things don't look as I think they should am I quick to judge whether it is not from God? Does God work in ways that I don't think he could? I heard a man say once that people can get saved at bad churches. I am not condoning all things people do that they call ministry. I am just asking if we are too quick to say that is not of God before we know what is really going on.
I am also humbled by Jesus' servant's heart. He knew he was going to get rediculed for healing that man, but he did it anyway. Am I willing to do what is right when everyone is watching? Am I willing to do what is right when I know there are going to be consequences? Hmmm I hope so.
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