March 27, 2012 Feeling Uncomfortable?

Feeling Uncomfortable?

Mark 8:16-21 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?”

HAVE you ever been in a meeting or classroom or even church when someone reprimanded you for not “getting it”? They had told you how to do something. They had watched you do it. They had even helped you do it, but you still did not understand what you were being taught. Somehow, some way, you just didn’t get it. You were probably embarrassed weren’t you?
When I’ve been in that situation, I try to blame someone or something else. “You didn’t say it clearly. I had too much to do. I was tired. I was too busy to learn it.” We’re always making excuses for not learning something, not “getting it” aren’t we.
The real truth is, though, you and I must understand Jesus’ teachings. We must pay attention to the One who died for us and who rose again that we might be saved. One day you will stand before him, and you certainly don’t want him saying to you, “Do you still not understand?”

Pause and consider you must know Jesus’ eternal truth.