How is it that you do not understand? - Audio

A simple reading of the statement in verse 21 of our text does not convey the full impact of what Jesus said that day. The amplified bible says that Jesus kept repeating "How is it that you do not understand?" What was it that was of such importance that He would keep repeating that statement? What was the message that Jesus was trying to convey to the diciples? For the answer, we must look back to earlier in the chapter to the miracle of the feeding of the 4000. After this miracle, they get into a boat to cross the sea and have forgotten to bring provision for lunch. In his teaching to the disciples, they incorrectly read his comments about leavening to be a rebuke of their failure to bring lunch. Every miracle that Jesus performed was done for the purpose of showing what He had the ability to do. It was done to show that no matter what the situation, He knew the need and was sufficient to meet the need. The message Jesus was trying to convey was clear: our needs concern Him and that He knows how to meet that need. He can take what we have and make what we need out of it. Jesus wanted to know why that in the face of repeated demonstrations of His power, that the disciples still did not understand that He could meet their needs. He never gets tired of meeting our needs. If we will but place it in His hands, He can do things with it that we cannot. He knows how to take the little we have and make it enough and more than enough. They had seen enough bread miracles that they should not have been worried about a little lunch issue. He is able; He can make a way. What is God trying to say to us? What is troubling us in our life that we do not know how to handle? With all that we have seen and all that God has done, how is it that we do not understand?