THEY CONSIDERED NOT!

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

THEY CONSIDERED NOT!

Mark 6:50-52

50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.

51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.

52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.

           The disciples had just experienced a terrifying, wonderfully encouraging, and life-changing event. In all that they had experienced, they forgot something very important. They forgot to remember!

           New challenges seem to wipe our memories clean with fresh terror. Previous “impossible” situations which concluded with miraculous and beneficial endings are lost in the immediacy of the danger. This is the point of verse 52. The miracle of the loaves was not part of their mental calculations.

           I can’t know what you, reader, are going through this morning. Many of you are once again faced with a monstrous challenge. As you weather this fresh storm, don’t forget the previous miracles of God in your life.

1 Sam 7:11-13

11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car.

12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, [Ebenezer = a stone of remembrance; a memorial] saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.

13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

Lord, in my distress, let me never forget the many previous miracles you have performed for me. AMEN