These two chapters open with the crowd being “amazed” by Jesus and then Jesus is equally “amazed” by the crowd. My wife uses the word amazing daily to describe something she thinks is wonderful. But in these moments the circumstances are less than wonderful. The people do not understand or know Jesus. And Jesus responds to them in the same way. Remember, Jesus is the one who knows the thoughts of men, and yet here He was “amazed at their lack of faith” (6:6).
The paragraphs that follow reveal just who Jesus is and why we should have faith in Him. Each of these stories also reveal who we are as people. Are you a person who trusts Jesus or are you holding back? In these two chapters alone we find Jesus performing miracles in front of the many and the few. Jesus doesn’t hold anything back. He heals, provides food, exercises power over creation, preaches the good news and so on.
My question today is, “Am I holding back from Jesus?” “Lord, give me the courage to fully follow Jesus.” As we look to what’s next may we be prepared to be amazed in the wonderful way about what God will do.
Nathan Tillotson
March 1
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Thanks for your thoughts, Nathan. This reminds me of what we discussed in Bible class yesterday about who has your heart. If we are going to be truly transformed into Christ's image, it starts with giving Him access to our whole hearts. We can't hold anything back from Him, and expect to have that complete transformation to occur. That is a challenge but one I think we all need to face in order to discover the next step.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the challenge Nathan. I am sure I have often amazed Jesus with my lack of faith shown by holding back.
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