Mark 8:1 NKJV

In those days, the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples to Him and said to them,

Mark 8:1 NKJV

Jesus, who worked miracles, calmed the storms, and walked on water, is all-powerful, yet everything He did is a lesson, showing His disciples how to do it and the importance of their faith in Christ.

Here, when Jesus saw the multitude who came to listen to Him had stayed on and listened till late, He could not send them away hungry. Therefore, He planned to feed them before sending them off.

Instead of just performing another miracle to feed the hungry people that gathered, Jesus called for His disciples.

Jesus spoke to the disciples about the situation so that they could feed the hungry multitudes.

Notice that instead of the disciples going to Jesus to ask for help, here Jesus reached out to the disciples for the solution.

This is not because Jesus wanted them to use their abilities, their own money and effort to feed the hungry. But Jesus is teaching His disciples to take what they have learned of Christ and put that into practice.

But the disciples were not putting those teaching Jesus gave into practice. Jesus told them to feed the hungry, but they only gave the facts, not their faith in Jesus.

Many times we are so focused on running to Jesus for help as a child, still desiring milk and not fully grown in the Lord.

Here Jesus expected the disciples to grow into maturity and start to live in the power of Christ as they were taught.

Christ has blessed us with every spiritual blessing and empowered us with all authority to function as mature children of God.

As His sons and daughters, we are called to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, preach the gospel of the kingdom, and save souls.

When we see a soul that does not know Christ, what would be the voice of our Father in Heaven towards us?

Will we ask Him to save the soul, or are we going to step out in faith and trust in the power and the command Jesus has given unto us?

Let us rise as mature children of God and start to work the work of Christ by faith and by the power of His Spirit.

Live in the blessings,

Ps Ambrose