THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EVENTS OF THE LORD

“Then He climbed into the boat with them and the wind died down.
They were completely amazed, for they had not understood about the loaves;
their hearts were hardened.”
Mark 6:51-52

It is easy to get so focused on an event that the significance is lost.
Take Christmas, for example.
Every December the challenge is to keep the significance in front of the event.
Valuable lessons are lost if we don’t.
We are so focused on what we are going to get for someone,
or what we are going to receive from someone
that we lose sight of the significance of Christmas.
We lose sight of the fact that God gave us the greatest gift (Jesus’ birth)
we could ever receive; nothing is more important than His gift to us.

That is what happened to the disciples at the feeding of the 5,000.
They participated in the miracle and knew the event, but not its significance.

Immediately afterwards the feeding of the 5,000
Jesus sent His disciples to Bethsaida by boat.
“Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat
and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.”
Mark 6:45
Later, when the wind was against them and they were straining at the oars,
they saw the remarkable sight of Jesus walking on the water.
At first they thought it was a ghost.
Jesus calmed them and climbed into the boat and the wind died down.

Notice verses 51 and 52:
“They were complete amazed, for they had not understood about the loaves.”
The lesson of the event of feeding the 5,000 was lost on them.

The lesson of the loaves is that Jesus has the power to meet our needs.
His adequacy eliminates inadequacy and His ability replaces our inability.
The voice we should hear in our times of fear is His, as He says,
“Take courage!  It is I.  Don’t be afraid”
Mark 6:50

Don’t lose sight of the significance of the power of the Lord.
Don’t lose sight of the significance of the Lord’s sacrifice for our sins.
Don’t let your ‘hearts be hardened’.
What will you do to stay focused on His significance?
We should strive to develop His characteristics in our own lives.
This serves as a constant reminder of His significance in our lives.
What characteristics of Jesus are present in your life right now?
What attributes do you have that are not similar to those of Jesus?
Pray this prayer when you are ‘up’, and when you are ‘down’,
“God, help me to look to You when I need help.
Teach me that the power is not in me, but comes from You.”