Pretend, for a moment, that you are on the way to a mountain retreat for a few days of rest, relaxation, and recharge with twelve of your closest friends. Before you can get into your vehicles to drive away, several neighbors run up to you, asking for help concerning a number of issues.
What do you do? Do you make an excuse and continue on your way, or do you stop and help, knowing that your twelve friends will get upset at your decision?
In a similar situation, what do you think Jesus did?
You know what He did.
He set His needs aside and tended to the needs of the people for whom He had compassion because they were like sheep without a shepherd. The disciples were unhappy, and toward the end of the day, they asked Jesus to send the people away. But Jesus was not through. He instructed the disciples to feed the people, to which they replied they had only five loaves of bread and two fish.
Jesus divided the bread and fish and fed five thousand people.
The disciples crossed the lake in a boat. Jesus walked across the water, got in the boat, finished crossing with them, and landed at Gennesaret on the other side of the lake.
What do you think happened there?
The people recognized Jesus, and He tended to the people there!
What's the overall point?
Our deepest need is to be taught by Jesus. The most important feeding is spiritual; then, He will meet our physical needs. He will be with us during troubled times, and He will never turn us away. It doesn't matter where we are; Jesus meets our deepest needs!
Please join us for our next service on Sunday, July 21, 2024, at 11 AM. For the link, please email us at info@northchurchnyc.org.