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Tuesday... It seems that we would remember.


Tuesday... It seems that we would remember.

But it also seems that it is so easy for us to forget.

Over in the Gospel of Mark there was so much that was happening to these 12 common men who were Jesus disciples. I mean, they had seen Jesus feed over 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fishes. Now that seems to be something that we would remember if it happened to us. 

But Mark 8:1 (NLT) says, "About this time another large crowd had gathered, and the people ran out of food again." And Jesus said that they needed to do something about feeding them.  There were 4,000 this time and verse 4 says, "His disciples replied, 'How are we suppose to find enough food to feed them out here in the wilderness?'" Verse 5 says, "Jesus asked, 'How much bread do you have?' 'Seven loaves,' they replied." Verse 8 says, "They ate as much as they wanted. Afterward, the disciples picked up seven large baskets of leftover food." Verse 9, "There were about 4,000 men in the crowd that day, and Jesus sent them home after they had eaten."


Now it is so easy for us to condemn them for forgetting, isn't it? But it is also so easy for us to forget what God has done and is doing in our lives. 

David writes in Psalm 36:7-9, "How precious is your unfailing love, O God! All humanity finds shelter in the shadow of your wings. You feed them from the abundance of your own house, letting them drink from your rivers of delights. For you are the fountain of life, the light by which we see."

Each morning it is imperative that we stop and thank the Lord for what he did for us yesterday and to praise him for who he is. What a difference that makes in what we will be facing today. If we remember then we will face what we will be going through with confidence. 

Later it says in Mark 8:16-18, "At this time the disciples began to argue with each other because they hadn't brought any bread. Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said, 'Why are you arguing about having no bread? Don't you know or understand even yet? Are your hearts to hard to take it in? You have eyes - can't you see? You have ears - can't you hear? Don't you remember anything at all?'" And then he reminds them of his feeding 5,000 and 4,000 and how much was left over. And then in verse 21, "Don't you understand yet?'  he asked."

God has been so good to us. He has taken us through a pandemic and we are still arguing. And verse 21 is a good question for us to answer, "Don't you understand yet?" It's not the politicians who take care of us who are followers of God. It is God. He is our provider.

Again David says, "How precious is your unfailing love, O God! All humanity finds shelter in the shadow of your wings. You feed them from the abundance of your own house, letting them drink from your rivers of delights. For you are the fountain of life, the light by which we see." 

It seems like that we would remember. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

 

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