Don't forget who you are with

In those days there was again a large crowd, and they had nothing to eat. He summoned the disciples and said to them, 2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with Me three days and have nothing to eat. 3 If I send them home famished, they will collapse on the way, and some of them have come a long distance.”4 His disciples answered Him, “Where can anyone get enough bread here in this desolate place to fill these people?”

Mark 8:1-4 (HCSB)

It is so easy to read a familiar passage of Scripture and become so familiar that you can't see the truth staring you in the face. This passage is such for me. our focus in this passage is usually on the crowd needing food, or Jesus working this awesome miracle. Even to consider the lack of faith of the disciples. Let me go even more basic. How could the disciples forget who they are talking too.

You're with Jesus! Where can we get enough bread? From Jesus. Maybe I am to distant from where the disciples are but consider all that they have watched Jesus do, miracles, healing etc . . Wouldn't it just occur to them that perhaps Jesus has a few bread and fish miracles up his sleeve.

But wait, before we get to hard on the disciples, how about us? How often do we look all around wringing our hands about our needs of "instant bread and fish?" How often do we ponder how we will ever get through this difficult challenge? Perhaps we should stop looking, pondering and wringing our hands and turn to Jesus. We just need to make sure we don't forget who we are with. Jesus!