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In Mark 8:1-9, The four thousand people had been faithfully listening to Jesus for three days with nothing to eat. Their devotion really puts us to shame, doesn’t it? We give up an hour or two a week and think about Sunday dinner in the meantime, and they had gone three days without food! But their feast was the greatest kind, for they had been feasting on the Bread of Life, the Word of God from the lips of Jesus, so they had already received food that satisfies the soul and brings eternal life. But they still needed to eat regular food too, so Jesus has compassion on the crowd. And this compassion is not just an attitude of pity but actually accomplishes something. Jesus shows mercy to the crowd with a feeding miracle.
Jesus can take weak, little things and multiply them beyond measure. He takes seven loaves of bread and a few small fish and feeds the four thousand until they are satisfied. How could he feed so many with so little? He is the Lord! He is the same one who in the beginning said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. So when He says, “Let the bread and fish be multiplied,” they are multiplied. The Lord’s greatest pleasure is in giving and giving and giving. The people ate until they were absolutely stuffed and couldn’t eat another bite.
So what does this miracle mean for us today? In this miracle Jesus shows us what sort of Savior He is; He wants to feed us so that we may eat and be satisfied, both at home, and at church.
