Miracles of care.

Miracles of care.

Matthew 14 tells of the great miracle of Jesus feeding the 5,000. In fact, it was 5,000 men besides women and children. Jesus had gone to a desert place to be by himself. He had just heard of the terrible death of John the Baptist, His cousin. However, He was not alone for long.

Great multitudes came to find Him. He had compassion on them and not only healed their physical bodies, but fed them as well. From one boy's small lunch of two fishes and five loaves of bread, He fed thousands. The disciples had said, "Send them away." Jesus said, "Give them to eat." Can you just picture that miracle of Jesus continuing to break the fish and bread without them disappearing?

Then when the multitudes left, He went again to be alone, this time to a mountain to pray. The disciples had gone into a ship out on the sea when a big storm came. The winds and waves brought great fear to the men. Then another miracle happened. Jesus heard the cry of the disciples and walked on the water to them. They feared it was a ghost. Jesus calls to them, "It is I. Don't be afraid." Peter's cry to Jesus is, "Lord, if it's you, tell me to come to you on the water." And Jesus said, "Come!"

Peter began to walk on the water to Jesus. However, the storm with its great waves caused Peter to fear, and he took his eyes off of Jesus and began to sink. Then peter cried out, "Lord save me!" And Jesus immediately did! He reached out His hand and caught him, but said, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?" When they got into the boat, the storm stopped, and all of them in the boat worshipped Jesus. They cried out, "Truly you are the Son of God."

Lessons to learn are about the compassion of Jesus:
He cares about your needs, your fears, your life.
Also know that Jesus wanted to be alone - to pray. If He needed this, what about us?
And we can't take our eyes off of Jesus. This is when we fall.

I thank Him for His love and for His care. Truly He is the Son of God and Savior.

Dottie