This week I'm preaching one more time at Chapel Hill Bible Church. Last time they invited me to preach it was Labor Day weekend--which just happens to be one of the biggest travel weekends of the year. Which is what you do with a guy you've never heard speak before.
So here I am, a non-holiday weekend. I'm moving up in the world!
At any rate, I've been given free reign to speak on whatever I want. So I'm speaking out of the passage that I've probably taught out of more than any other passage over the past 15 years--Mark 6:30-44, commonly referred to as "The Feeding of the 5,000."
If you're not that familiar with the story, check it out real quick and then come back
Like I said, I've taught on this Scripture more than any other--at least a two dozen times. But this time around, God's kicking me in the butt with this summary of the point of the story:
Jesus:
Leads his disciples into a situation that they would rather not be in
Rejects their perfectly reasonable plan to manage the situation
Issues a command that they cannot possibly fulfill
In order that they might have to depend on him
And in so doing they experience the super-abundance of his grace, power, and blessing.
And so the question is: could God be doing the same thing in your hard times right now?
2 comments:
Put us up a link to the recording after you preach. I wanna see if it's changed any after the past 5 times I've heard you do that passage:)
Ugh, this relates (much too) directly to a situation in my life right now. Still not sure how it's going to work out.
Thank you for the wise and truthful words.
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