Heart hardened

12 June 2012  

     

Mark 6:51-52 And he got into the boat with them and the wind ceased. And they were utterly astounded, for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

Many of us do not realise just how hardened our hearts have become to the Gospel message, we have bibles, we read, we pray, we spend time in church, yet our hearts are hardened. How is this possible? Just as the disciples hade been part of the sharing of the bread and the fish, playing a major role in serving the 5000 men, then seeing and experiencing Jesus walking on water and getting into their boat, this was something that they did not understand so their hearts hardened. The harder the heart the harder is it for a person to understand.

For us today we read these stories and we understand them as stories, but do we really understand the magnitude of what these stories relate. Only God can multiply bread and fish to the extent of what happened, it is only God that is able to command the elements, it is only God that can do these things. This was God, the Son of Man, that was there in the boat with them, this was more than just Messiah, this was God Messiah, a God that saves

The early disciples, eye witness to these events struggled to understand, and we today still struggle to understand that we have a God Messiah, who will feed us when we are hungry, help us when we are struggling, and heal us when we are sick.

Be encouraged today to recognise God Messiah in your life today.

 

David

 

Point to ponder: Do not harden your heart because you do not understand.

 

Question to consider: Is not faith the beginning of understanding?