Readings:
Genesis 44:1 - 45:28
Matthew 14: 13-36
Psalm 18: 37-50
Proverbs 4: 11-13
Matthew reading: "That isn't necessary [to send the people away to buy food] - you feed them". How often do these words of Jesus put fear and trembling into our arts? We know that people are hungry (whether physically, spiritually, emotionally, or otherwise), and yet in our own strength we are also aware that our means are inadequate for feeding them.
Yet despite this, Jesus still calls upon us to do the feeding. It's not a question of being adequate - Jesus knows we fall short - it's a question of trust and obedience. We tend to refrain from feeding because of what we see as the inadequacy of our own resources. But Jesus calls upon us to use what we have. Our task is to do the feeding; Jesus is the one who satisfies.
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