Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes … And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children. — Matthew 16:33
Many don’t know this was the second time Jesus fed a multitude — the first was reported two chapters earlier.
So similar are the two that some think they were the same event. Not so, the timeline and details are different. What is the same is the disciples first reaction — “What?!”, they said both times, “Where are we going to get the food?!”
We stand amazed at those forgetful, faithless disciples — ’till we realize we do the same thing. No?
What is our first response to another danger or need? How often are we in disarray even after God just took care of our last crisis?
God can do again what he did before. We didn’t become too old, too sinful, or too anything to prevent God’s grace in Christ.
I’ve been carrying you on my back from the day you were born, And I’ll keep on carrying you when you’re old … I’ve done it and will keep on doing it, carrying you on my back, saving you.” — Isaiah 45:4 (Message Bible)
— fritz
