Come, let us sing to
the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our
salvation. Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him. For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods. He holds in his hands the depths of the earth
and the mightiest mountains. The sea belongs to him,
for he made it. His hands formed the dry
land, too. Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. If only you would
listen to his voice today!
Psalm 95:1-7 (NLT)
Jesus saw the huge crowd as he stepped from the boat,
and he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd.
So he began teaching them many things.
Late in the afternoon his disciples came to him and said, “This is a
remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away so they can go to the nearby
farms and villages and buy something to eat.” But Jesus said, “You
feed them.”
They all ate as much as they wanted, and afterward, the disciples
picked up twelve baskets of leftover bread and fish. A total of 5,000 men and their families were fed. Mark 6:34-37, 42-44
The Psalmist cautioned, If only you would listen to his
voice today!
The disciples had that opportunity with a large
crowd that had gathered to hear Jesus and feel the Messiah’s healing
touch. It was late and everyone was
hungry. The disciples were smart enough
to recognize a coming food disaster.
They also knew it was an impossible situation; how could so many be fed?
Then…the voice of the “rock of salvation” – YOU
feed them.
We know the end of the story…what started out as
five loaves and two fish became twelve baskets of leftovers. Oh brother; our God does math SO
differently!
And, speaking of numbers, you could do a lot
with numerology in this incident – the five loaves and two fish add up to
seven, the number of perfection. The
twelve baskets left over – one for each apostle to take home and mount over
their fireplace to remember this daily-bread miracle!
But, at the end of the day it’s still hearing
his voice which stands out.
YOU feed them.
There’s always something about a miracle and
mercy that requires somebody to be hands-on in faith, isn’t there?
There’s always something about it that demands that
somebody
trust the Rock to provide for the thirsty, the hungry, the naked, the prisoner
and the lost one.
YOU feed them!For You Today
Could Jesus have been
speaking to you?
Who is it that needs
feeding today?
If only we will listen
to his voice today.
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