Friday, January 10, 2014
Mark 6:35-37 By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. "This is a remote place," they said, "and it's already very late. Send the people away so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat." But he answered, "You give them something to eat."
JESUS THE GIVER
When it seems like God is asking us to do the impossible, he's probably just inviting us to be part of his miracle. That's what Jesus did with the disciples. Jesus knew they needed rest. He knew they needed time alone. But Jesus knew what they needed most--to trust him above all. He asked them to feed the 5,000 so that they would learn to rely on him.
God doesn't ask us to do the impossible. He invites us to be part of his miracle.
God told Noah, "I'm going drown the evil world. Make a boat big enough to preserve the animals who can't swim."
Okay God.
God told Abraham that through his son Isaac his family would become huge. Then God told Abraham to sacrifice him on a mountain.
Okay God.
God told Moses, "Hey sheep herder, go down to Egypt and take my people away from the king."
Okay God.
God told Joshua, "You know that city with the impenetrable walls? Yeah, Jericho. I want to you and the people to walk around it a bunch of times. Then blow your trumpets and yell. That should do the trick."
Okay God.
The Son of God told His disciples, "You saw me crucified to death. Now I stand before you alive. Through me your sins have been forgiven. Go take this message to everyone in the world."
Okay God.
God tells us, "I have always loved you. I gave my perfect, precious Son to rescue you from Hell. Stop trying to earn my love and forgiveness, in Christ you have it."
Okay God.
This is who God is--a giver.
