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We're used to what we're used to. When we're looking to come up with solutions, we often think of what's been done or used before. It's hard to imagine something completely different that's never existed.
The disciples were having a hard time thinking about a world based in abundance that was possible when Jesus was around. They weren't living in the midst of scarcity, trying to scrape by and thinking about how to live with limited resources. Jesus is abundance personified, and there was sufficient resources. Jesus could feed the crowds because Jesus fed the Israelites for 40 years in the wilderness. Jesus is accustomed to making a way where there is no way.
What's hard for us to accept that just because we cannot see a way forward, there is still a way forward. As Christians, we submit ourselves to Christ, and we trust that the God of abundance will point us forward, and we'll follow the path, wherever it may lead, even if it appears to be impossible, because we worship a God who makes the impossible possible!
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