Mark 8:14-21
The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod
Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread. And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember? When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.” “And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.” And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?”
Tag: Bad Memories and Little Faith
This passages is probably self explanatory. The disciples were worried about how to feed 13 people in their boat with one loaf of bread and, yet, Jesus had just feed 5,000 and 4,000 with proportionally less. Like the disciples, we, too, can get very much focused on the immediate needs and forget that God is BIG and BIGGER than our needs. God can accomplish great things. We simply have to claim His power. He is very much big enough to meet our temporal needs -- He was able to meet our issue with sin - certainly He can meet our issues with sustenance. God cares for His own. Like the birds of the air, God can meet our needs.
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