Forgetfulness

Jesus, are you serious?

We can't do that!

Don't you know how much that will cost?

We don't have those kinds of resources!!!

This was the disciples' reaction when Jesus told them to give the people something to eat (Mark6:30-44). They had been given authority over demons and illness and sent out to preach the good news of the kingdom. Immediately after they rendezvoused with Jesus a crowd gathered and spent all day listened to Jesus. When it became late, they suggested that Jesus send the five thousand men (not counting women and children) off to get something to eat. To which Jesus replied: "You give them something to eat."

Even having done and seen all they had, their first response was "I can't" It wasn't that Jesus took the power he had given them away. It simply seems that they didn't consider it at all. They seemed to consider only the resources they brought to the table, for they said "That would take almost a year's wages! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?" Jesus was asking too much. On this side of Scripture, it seems a little silly.

But to be honest, I've felt the same thing. Have you? Overwhelmed with the size of the call of the Lord in comparison to my skills and resources, it seems as though the Lord asks the impossible. Be perfect because your heavenly Father is perfect. Go into ALL the world. Love your neighbor and your enemy too.

I forget at times that it's not just about what I bring to the table. The disciples brought what they had, five loaves and two fish, but the Lord did not make that enough.

He made it more than enough.

What could he do with our loaves and fish?