Political popularity, any popularity, comes and goes. One is only as good as their last speech, last election, last victory. Once in office, it becomes "What have you done for me lately?".So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.” Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.” Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone. (John 6:12-15)
Jesus knew this. After feeding five thousand hungry listeners, they planned to push for Him to be King! After all, if this Man could feed five thousand from a kid's meal, imagine what could He do for all of us every day! We read that knowing this, Jesus "departed" and withdrew to a mountain alone.
Many times we begin to see Jesus as our Santa in the Sky and expect Him to meet our list of needs. He must first be our Savior and Lord . . . Master. We do what He requires and not the other way around. We should never expect anything but ETERNAL life that He promises to the believer. When we do, we can experience His withdrawal and distance. It causes us to regroup and rethink . . . and Lord willing repent.
Lord, keep me grounded and focused upon the fact that You are Savior, Master, and Lord of my life! Keep me near the cross!
2 comments:
This makes a lot of sense, he wanted them to see what we would do about the problem
I like chicken
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