Mark 6:55 "They ran"
Mark 9:15 "ran to greet him"
Mark 6:38 "How many loaves do you have", he asked, "Go see". When they found out, they said, "Five-and two fishes"
Observation
Reading today I was struck with what I do or would do today, versus what the Bible documents of old. On two different occasions people were running to get to Jesus. I have to ask myself, "When was the last time I thought about running to church because I couldn't wait to hear what the Word of the Lord?" If my car is not running, do I miss church because church is too far away, or do I walk/run for an hour or two because it is "good to be in the house of the Lord?" A group of 5,000 men with a total of probably over 10,000. The disciple went looking for bread and fish. What they found was that there was only five loaves into fish. Can you imagine there been 10,000 people, and only having five loaves of bread and fish among them. It would appear that all these people were so excited to see Jesus, that they left home without taking enough food for the journey. In contrast to how I prepare on a Sunday, I prepare my food and a large dinner and am thinking about what I want for lunch before I go to church. Not quite the same.
Application
So what is my application today? The reality is that I'm not going to run to church. The reality is that I probably will still plan of what I will eat for lunch on church day. But what my application is today has to do with my heart. My heart needs to be excited about hearing the word of the lord. My heart needs to know that it is more important for me to be in church than to plan my lunch. My heart needs to know that feeding it, and going to the church excited about what God has in store for me, should be the norm.
Prayer,
Father, I thank you for the reminder today about the importance of your word. I thank you for the reminder of how excited I should be in approaching your word and anytime I have a chance to go to church. People ran with excitement to see Jesus. I pray that my heart would continue to run to Jesus with the same amount of excitement as the people did back then. Amen.
Application
So what is my application today? The reality is that I'm not going to run to church. The reality is that I probably will still plan of what I will eat for lunch on church day. But what my application is today has to do with my heart. My heart needs to be excited about hearing the word of the lord. My heart needs to know that it is more important for me to be in church than to plan my lunch. My heart needs to know that feeding it, and going to the church excited about what God has in store for me, should be the norm.
Prayer,
Father, I thank you for the reminder today about the importance of your word. I thank you for the reminder of how excited I should be in approaching your word and anytime I have a chance to go to church. People ran with excitement to see Jesus. I pray that my heart would continue to run to Jesus with the same amount of excitement as the people did back then. Amen.
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