March 1st: Don’t You Trust Me?- Mark 8:1-26
I believe the two biggest issues we all deal with are fear and trust. Both these go hand and hand because when we have fear we are unable to trust. This also goes with when we trust, fear is no longer present.
The disciples had been with Jesus sometime now. They had seen all the miracles and had a part to play in some of them. They had found themselves again with a crowd of people who were hungry and Jesus was wanting to feed. You would think by now they would realize when people were hungry all you need to do is give Jesus some bread and a couple fish and there you have it, a meal.
Once again, the human nature steps in and the disciples begin to freak out. ”How will we feed them? What will we do?” Jesus must have been frustrated and reminds them of the past miracles. Why is it that they believed Jesus was a one hit wonder rather then their consistent provider?
Jesus had revealed himself in this passage to be Jehovah Jirah, their Provider. Jesus wants to be our constant Jehovah Jirah, our Provider. Do not let fear keep you from trusting God in being your provider in the everyday of life.
