54 They Still Don’t Understand

Matthew 15:29-39; 16:1-12; Mark 8:1-13, TBC Book Two, Chapter 54
Jesus and his disciples traveled from Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee, and there, too, great crowds flocked to him, following him wherever he went. So Jesus led them up a mountainside, where he continued to heal many. For three days people kept coming to him. Instead of leaving at day’s end, the crowds only grew larger.

“I am concerned for all these people,” Jesus said. “They have nothing to eat. I’m afraid they might collapse before they return home.”

His disciples looked at one another, wondering what they should do. Finally, one of them said, “This is such a remote place. . . . How could we possibly get enough bread to feed a crowd as large as this?”

Jesus looked at his disciples. Then he asked, “How much food do we have?” They spoke among themselves. Finally, one of them said, “Seven loaves of bread and a few small fish.”

“Have all the people sit down,” Jesus said. . . . 

(See THE BIBLE CLICKS, Book Two, Chapter 54, for the rest of the story.)

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Today’s Takeaways
     A proverb to guide you: The problem isn’t that people need signs—it’s that they stumble over the signs in front of them.
     A promise to cling to: “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”—Jesus   Luke 10:14-15 NIV     
     A praise to fill you: That’s What Faith Must Be  Michael Card     [Can skip ad after first 5 seconds]