Matthew 16:5 And the disciples came to the other side of the sea, but they forgot to bring bread.
Christians know all
about that they aren’t supposed to worry about things, but they do.
Why?
We’re human. Not that it’s human to worry, but it’s human
to have things to worry about.
Like forgetting
things.
We think that there
is just too much stuff going on in life that it’s easy for us to miss something
important, forget something that needs to be done, and we pay the price.
So we worry.
In this passage,
which is really about something else, Jesus addresses this problem of worrying.
The disciples were worried
that Jesus was upset that they forgot to bring bread.
And what was Jesus’
response?
“Why are you
discussing among yourselves that you don’t have any bread?” That word ‘discussing’ can also be translated
as ‘considering, pondering, reasoning, arguing.’ OK, this was on their mind and what was concerning
them.
But Jesus’ response goes
on. He calls them ‘little faith ones.’ Or as some translations put it, “Ye of little
faith.”
They forgot to take
bread. So they didn’t have any bread.
And Jesus said: why
is this bothering you? Don’t you understand
or remember when we fed the 5,000? He
didn’t just say: Don’t you remember, but also: don’t you understand?
And again, when they
fed the 4,000? How is it that you don’t
understand?
What didn’t they
understand?
That faith in God
covers a multitude of human foibles.
When you walk in
faith, meaning that you believe that God is in your life and leading your life,
you don’t have to keep looking at yourself, hoping that you get everything
right, that you make all the right decisions, that you don’t forget anything,
or don’t screw anything up.
God doesn’t want you
always second-guessing yourself and wondering about getting everything right.
He wants you to
approach life boldly, rejoicing that God is leading you and can pick up the
loose ends, just like He fed 5,000 people with a few loaves and fewer fish.
get about Forgetting
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