“…and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure and wondered. For
they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.” Mk 6:51-52
Do
you only see Jesus as big as His last miracle in your life? The disciples were
just removed from the miracle of Jesus feeding the five thousand and now, while
tossed in the sea, their heart is hardened at the appearance of Jesus on the water.
The strength of one’s faith is not in
the many things he is in doubt of and tries to believe, but only in the few he
is assured of and no need of effort in believing. Doubt is the architect of
despair that never allows one to see the fruition of their faith; creating
hesitancy and despondence towards truth, it robs one of their joys and often
buries their hope. “Belief!” is the life of one’s faith feeding and
strengthening the soul. Your greatest
fear should not be trial or suffering, but the pain and cost of facing it with
doubt. The disciples were only a
half-a-day removed from Jesus last miracle and their hearts were already hardened
in doubt. When you dare to depend
entirely on Jesus and do not doubt, the hardest and feeblest of faiths will
become strengthened mightily through Jesus, to the pulling down of strongholds
on the heart.
HSAY…Todd
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