No one has it all sorted.
Mark 8
Not one has the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
In fact when we think we do it’s only as we get a little bit older that we realise we don’t actually believe that FACT anymore, well maybe, but not exactly.
We can become even more unsure when we look at the happenings of our life. Why did that happen to me? We haven’t got a clue. We peer through a glass darkly.
We do well to accept that. We need to give ourselves a break from trying to be the fountain of all truth and knowledge and we need to give others a break who are fed up of hearing such comments perhaps.
Not sure, I am thinking about that, one day I will know… Its got a nice sound to it, hasn’t it?
The disciples had misunderstood about bread and yeast. Jesus asked them why they still had not understood. They could see what Jesus had done with the feeding of the multitude and they could hear what he had said about the Pharisees but at the same time they could not see and they could not hear. They were like the blind man caught between seeing but not seeing.
And that’s why this miracle is placed into this context. The point being we are all like the disciples at times and we are all like the blind man. We have part-vision. We do not see everything. We do not possess the perfect understanding. We at times see trees that walk.
However, by staying connected to Jesus we have a far better chance of getting perfect sight!
That’s the point of the journey.
So, if today it’s all a bit cloudy then that’s okay. Hang in there for with Jesus it will become clear in the end.
Missions Paul 