More than Enough
Do you like Jeopardy? Trivial Pursuit? Knowledge Bowl? If so, here’s a question especially for you: Which one of the following miracles of Jesus appears in all four Gospels?
A Clear Mandate
In preparation for writing the trio of devotions this week, I have read Matthew’s account of the feeding of the five thousand several times. And as I’ve reflected on this text (Matt. 14:13-21), the words that keep coming to mind are these: “You give them something to eat.” Jesus doesn’t say, “I’ll give them something to eat,” or even “We’ll give them something to eat.” No. He says, “You give them something to eat.”
Moved to Compassion
Our gospel reading this past Sunday was the familiar story of the feeding of the five thousand. We’ll get to the meal tomorrow, but today I want to focus on the very beginning of this text because I think we have a tendency to overlook it.
