“… 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒅 𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒚. 𝑺𝒐 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎, “𝑴𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒅, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚’𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒕. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒚, 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈, 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆.”
Did you read the text?
Jesus won’t only feed your spirit. He will provide for your physical needs, too. He takes care of His own.
In Mark 8, a crowd of roughly 4000 men (not counting women and children) gathered around Jesus to hear words that would nourish their spirits. After a while, they grew tired and hungry. What they didn’t know was that the One who nourishes immortality also sustains mortality.
You know, there’s a reason He is called The Good Shepherd. He takes complete care of His own. He taught a great deal and could have packed up and left, like his disciples wanted, but he cared too much to ignore their humanity. He couldn’t just feed their spirits and leave them deal with their human condition.
This is one amazing thing about Jesus. He was fully God and fully man at the same time. He understands. He truly gets us.
He sees how much effort you put into pursuing a relationship with Him. He sees your limitations, too.
He knows that you feel great after hearing the sermon on Sunday, but the zeal and enthusiasm don’t last long when you were back at home or at work, face-to-face with the reality of the problem. He knows you need strength for the road.
If you read further down in that chapter, you’ll see that even though the disciples are overwhelmed by the task of feeding the crowd, Jesus wasn’t. That’s what He does. He doesn’t netlect or abandon His own.
Jesus is the answer to ANY PROBLEM you will ever have. Any problem at all.
You do not have to figure it all out on your own.
He gave you that business, He will give you the resources to keep it afloat.
He blessed your home with kids, He will give you the means to care for them.
He gave you the marriage. He will give you the wisdom and courage to nurture it, too.
He gave you the admission, he’ll also give resources to pay the fees and keep you in school.
Most importantly, He called you into relationship with Him, He will engrace you to build and strengthen that connection.
“𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞—𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧 – 𝐇𝐞𝐛 𝟒 :𝟏𝟓”
He knows the human condition extremely well, and He is the only one to ever overcome it. He’s not asking you to do anything other than abide. Stay close to Him. Abide in His presence – like a vine connected to a branch. Give Him a home in your heart, and one by one, He will take care of your needs – ALL of them.
Graceuntold 