Wednesday, June 10, 2009

He has Overcome!

4:48 PM by Christi Bowman

My oldest daughter and I read a chapter in the Bible and then she picks a verse that stands out to her and she writes it down. This is a reading and writing assignment for home school. She has chosen to read through Matthew, and this week has brought us to chapter 16.

Today my heart was pierced and laid open as I read verses 8-11:

You surely don't have much faith! Why are you talking about not having any bread? ⁹Don't you understand? Have you forgotten about the five thousand people and all those baskets of leftovers from just five loaves of bread? ¹⁰And what about the four thousand people and all those baskets of leftovers from only seven loaves of bread? ¹¹Don't you know by now that I am not talking to you about bread?

Fretting about the "little" things equals little faith. It is hard to keep from fretting about the "little" things. When the "little" things are fret worthy they do not seem so little.

Jesus asked them why they were worried about bread; then He asked them to remember the other two times when bread had been the problem. The lack of bread was not what Jesus wanted to be talking about, but He took the time to point out that their worry over bread was worthless for He had already overcome it, twice.

In John He tells us not to worry for He has overcome the world (John 16:33.)

HE HAS OVERCOME THE WORLD!!

I cannot begin to comprehend what that means. But I hear Him asking me as He did His disciples...

"Don't you understand??"

Labels: faith, John, Matthew, overcoming

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