“Compassion. Hungry”

July 6, 2021

“Compassion. Hungry”

Blessings folk!

Jesus proclaimed the good news of the Kingdom.
Jesus healed the people.
Jesus felt compassion for the people.
Yes, felt.

Mat 15:32
And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said,
“I feel compassion for the people,
because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat;
and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.”

Jesus knew the people were hungry.
Yet, they stayed.
They desired to be with Him.
He wanted to feed them.
He wanted to strengthen them in the natural through food.

What does He do?
He calls his disciples together and tells them this.

Could He not have brought forth an abundance of food with a Word?
Yes!
Could He not provide ex nihilo - out of nothing,
Yes!.

But, He called his disciples and told them.

Mat 15:33-37
The disciples said to Him,
“Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?”

And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?”
And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”

And He directed the people to sit down on the ground;

and He took the seven loaves and the fish;
and giving thanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples,
and the disciples gave them to the people.

And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large baskets full.

The disciples responded as we would.
Defensive.
Fear-filled.
Afraid that the Lord is asking them/us to do something.

The Word tells us in other places that over 4,000 men were fed, in addition to women and children.

Provision motivated by compassion.
Compassion in action.

Let us do so…

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