When are the times you have reached your limit, yet you were asked to do the impossible? I’m not my best when I’m tired, hungry, exhausted, and want to be alone. I can be lonely and out of sync in a crowd, not ready to learn anything new. But Jesus wanted to teach the disciples about the unseen reality of the kingdom when they least expected it. This story has been documented for us, that we may be ready for what God will do in our here and now moments of being tired and exhausted.
“The disciples’ reaction was predictable. They could not believe what Jesus was asking them to do. There were too many people. They didn’t have enough resources. It would take “two hundred denarii” to buy enough bread to feed them (Mark 6:37). They protested. Jesus countered their protest by asking what they had available. Not knowing what resources were available, they had to investigate to find out. They came up with five loaves of bread and two fish.” - Excerpt, Following Jesus: Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark by Steve Langford
“The ministry of the Holy Spirit is entirely about translating the teachings and promises of Jesus in a way that forms us at the deepest level—rewriting our neural pathways and enabling us to embody our redemption. The Holy Spirit pushes the teachings of Jesus from the head, where they can be understood, down into the heart, where they can heal our emotions and become a new foundation for us to live from.” - Excerpt, The Familiar Stranger by Tyler Staton
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