SCRIPTURE: Matthew (NIV) 15;32 Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.”
33 His disciples answered, “Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?”
OBSERVATION: It was not an illogical question. The crowd was 4,000 plus women and children (verse 38). What was available to feed the people was 7 loaves and a few small fishes (verse 34).
But what had Jesus just done that could have produced faith in the disciples’ hearts that He could take care of a hungry crowd? What about mute people now talking, crippled people now walking, and blind people seeing (verse 31)?
Could the One who healed the lame and the blind, could He also feed the hungry? Maybe Jesus did not just have healing power, maybe He just had POWER!! He has power and authority over all His creation!
APPLICATION: Have the things God has done in the past built faith in my heart for the present need? Can the same God who healed me of a headache, can He also help me with a problem at work? Can the same God who help me with money for rent, can He also help me with my relationship with my children?
PRAYER: Jesus, you are LORD over every part of my life. You have power and authority over me and this world into which you have placed me. Going where YOU tell me to go and doing what YOU tell me to do is my key to victory. Help me not to run ahead of you nor to drag behind you, but to stay in step with you. Amen
Pastor Leon
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