Today, God is wanting to talk to me about provision.
I got two emails and was reading Mark 8, when revelation came. God did amazing miracles of provision with the 5,000 and 4,000. Yet, when Jesus wanted to talk about heart issues and the political and religious spirits, the boys were still stuck on provision.
Worry can get us distracted from the real things God is wanting to focus on.
So, He asks us if we have eyes to see, ears to hear and understanding? He asked the boys if they remembered.
If we recognize His patterns, we reveal His nature. His ways point to who He is. Moses said, “show me Your ways that I might know You.” Jesus says remember what He has done. Has He not provided over and over? It is His nature to provide. Learn that way He operates, and you know Him better.
Remembering is an easy way to start. Just think back. See what He did. Hear Him. This opens up understanding.
Hardness of heart is dangerous. It kills our ability to move beyond worry, which is sin. And, it keeps us focused on temporal things.
Four Thousand Fed
8 In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples and *said to them, 2 “I feel compassion for the [a]people because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat. 3 If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance.” 4 And His disciples answered Him, “Where will anyone be able to find enough [b]bread here in this desolate place to satisfy these people?” 5 And He was asking them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.” 6 And He *directed the [c]people to [d]sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and started giving them to His disciples to [e]serve to them, and they served them to the [f]people. 7 They also had a few small fish; and after He had blessed them, He ordered these to be [g]served as well. 8 And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large baskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces. 9 About four thousand were there; and He sent them away. 10 And immediately He entered the boat with His disciples and came to the district of Dalmanutha.
11 The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, seeking from Him a [h]sign from heaven, [i]to test Him. 12 Sighing deeply [j]in His spirit, He *said, “Why does this generation seek for a [k]sign? Truly I say to you, [l]no [m]sign will be given to this generation.” 13 Leaving them, He again embarked and went away to the other side.
14 And they had forgotten to take bread, and did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them. 15 And He was giving orders to them, saying, “Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” 16 They began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread. 17 And Jesus, aware of this, *said to them, “Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet see or understand? Do you have a [n]hardened heart? 18 Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember, 19 when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces you picked up?” They *said to Him, “Twelve.” 20 “When I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?” And they *said to Him, “Seven.” 21 And He was saying to them, “Do you not yet understand?”
From Russ Walden today:
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The Daily Prophetic Word:
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The Father says today, fear not! Believe only! Fear not those things that are on the morrow, says the Father, for I am there already! Past, present, and future are all NOW to Me. I am in your future awaiting your arrival with provisions that you know not of. When tomorrow’s challenge comes there will be ample supply. I am meeting all your need from the inventories of the glory and the glory is IN you. I WILL supply all your needs for I AM your supply. That is WHO I am and that is WHAT I DO. Were your need to go unmet, I would must needs not be God and that is not possible! I will supply all, says God! I will supply ALL that is necessary to fulfill your destiny, and your destiny is not one of diminishment, your destiny is not one of loss, but it is one that leads you into the manifestation of being seated with Me in heavenly places far above all principality and power.
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Doug Addison
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