The Message
We all have a pretty short memory when it comes to God's blessings. I doubt that the modern world is any more anchored to the idea of 'What have you done for me lately?', but it's certainly a pervasive way of thought. We pretty easily gloss over the memories of the good times and often find ourselves holding onto faults, thinking about how unfair some things can be.
The apostles had seen Jesus feed large crowds miraculously, and yet when Jesus begins talking about the hunger of the crowd, they are dismayed at the prospect of feeding the people. They see only obstacles, as though their faith has been left to history and only pragmatism is allowed. They'd seen Jesus perform miraculous feedings, so why were they unable to look expectantly to Jesus to perform the miraculous again?
Maybe they were blinded by the limitations of their vision. We're all guilty of this -- we see what we expect to see sometimes, in people and situations and places. Rather than expect the miraculous or wonder about what might be, we assume we understand what can and cannot happen.
As we collectively peer into 2021, may we do so with hearts ready to be amazed by God's grace and God's ability to provide. Who knows what God has in store for the coming year?
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