It is amazing to me the more and more I read in the Gospel of Mark, how much Jesus cares for the little man. As we talked in class the other day about the blind man in Mark 8:22, it clicked in my head that the Son of God, cares about little eons like myself. The other thing I find interesting about that story is the ignorance of the disciples. I can fully empithize with the disciples, because I am not always at my sharpest. However, I think if I saw a man named Jesus heal a blind man, that means restore his vision. I am pretty sure that I would fully believe in him. However, so many times I tell God that he can't do things and that he needs to leave it to me. (the human) I do not always trust God to take care of things for me. It seems like the disciples that I will proclaim Jesus in my words and in my prayer, but deny His ability in my daily life.
Reading all of the screw-ups of the disciples has actually been convicting to me. Alot of the mistakes that the disciples make, I make everyday. I deny God the room to do things in my life and through my life. Like the disciples I let my human reasoning get the best of me.
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its true the disciples were saturated with the thoughts of their day about who Jesus was and it was hard to let go of that Messianic Expectation but I find that one of the best things about the disciples is that even though they were slow and they didn't understand (we're not much different). God used them to establish the foundation of his church on earth. God overcame their weaknesses and uses them.
Toby Shelton
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yes Matt I know.
Thats so true, there is often times i find myself being slow like the disciples to. I don't know if i'm supposed to quote this song but i am, It's like the song If we are the body. Jesus did all those things to the least of these and sometimes we can't even talk to the least of these.
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