Contemplative Bible Reading

Mark 6:37 (New Living Translation)

37 But Jesus said, “You feed them.”

“With what?” they asked. “We’d have to work for months to earn enough money to buy food for all these people!”

This is part of the (hi)story of feeding 5,000 people with no visible means to do so. When asked what to do with all these hungry people, Jesus answers, “You feed them.”

The followers protest with a good reason why they couldn’t feed the people. They didn’t have the means; they didn’t have the money.

Jesus knew all that. Still, the instructions are simple. You are here to care for others. Do it.

There are many situations when practical considerations dictate that … Okay, enough of practical considerations and matters of physical means. Jesus put us, Jesus put me, here to care for others. Do it. But what about? Okay, I can think of a thousand situations and ten thousand excuses. All those don’t matter. Jesus put me right here and now with these people. Care for them. Feed them. ‘Nuff said. Now it is time to do.