Why Doubt?

 Mark 8: 14-21

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod

¹⁴ The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. ¹⁵ “Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.”

¹⁶ They discussed this with one another and said, “It is because we have no bread.”

¹⁷ Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? ¹⁸ Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember? ¹⁹ When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”

“Twelve,” they replied.

²⁰ “And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”

They answered, “Seven.”

²¹ He said to them, “Do you still not understand?”

We might feel like the disciples:  What are we to understand?  That we should not doubt?
That God always provides? Our memories fall short when we are besieged by demands and circumstances that we feel are "beyond us."  They may be, but they are not beyond our loving, all-knowing God.  He sees our plight, he knows our inadequacies and our plight. He has been there in the past. Will he abandon us now?  We need to grow in the trust he was trying to instill in his disciples. That might well be a goal to seek over the next 40 days.

Bro. Rene