Have you ever seen one of those “spot the difference” puzzles. The two pictures look almost the same, but there are a few things different. That is what our story is like today. Yesterday, we read Matthew 14 and the feeding of the 5,000. Today, in Matthew 15 we are reading about the feeding of the 4,000. Both stories are similar, but they have a few differences.
In the feeding of the 5,000, Jesus was spending time with Jewish people and had only been there for one day. In our Bible story today, Jesus is spending time with people who are not Jewish. These people did not know God. The people in today’s Bible story got hungry again, and they only had seven loaves of bread and three fish. Even though the disciples had been with Jesus when He fed the 5,000, they still did not have faith. They asked where they were going to get enough food to feed the 4,000. Jesus again performs a miracle and feeds all the people having leftovers.
We can learn a lot from today’s story but one thing is that Jesus cares about every person. He wants to have a relationship with everyone. We get to have a relationship with Jesus, and we get to tell other people about Jesus and invite them to follow Jesus too.
Think of someone you know who doesn’t have a relationship with Jesus that you can talk to about Jesus and invite to follow Him.
Prayer: God, You are amazing! You love everyone. God, give me a chance to talk to someone who doesn’t know You. Let them come to know You, Jesus. God help me be loved by You and love You and Your people more. Amen.