Mark 8:8-9 NLT

[8] They ate as much as they wanted. Afterward, the disciples picked up seven large baskets of leftover food. [9] There were about 4,000 men in the crowd that day, and Jesus sent them home after they had eaten.

Mark 8:8-9 NLT

It seems that when Jesus fed people there was not "just enough", there was an abundance.

Leftovers.

And it was the disciples that did the cleanup, the collection of the the surplus, the abundance.

Maybe Jesus was pointing them towards a Kingdom of abundance.

They came to him with scarcity and he supplied abundance. 

It seems that Jesus wanted them to see something, and it's about more than food.

It's in Jesus Kingdom that what we really need gets met, and gets met with abundance.

These people needed food and Jesus supplied with abundance.

What does our world need?

And as Kingdom representatives are we, the Church, supplying?

Food.

Clothing.

Housing.

Care.

Connection.

Healing.

Hope.

Faith.

What are "we" supplying in abundance?

Perhaps it starts with the small...

Smiling at someone on the street.

Thanking someone.

Seeing someone who might otherwise be invisible.

Sending a message of hope, of love, of connection.

Waiting for someone to finish what they need to say.

Slowing down.

Giving ourselves space.

Grace.

Jesus Kingdom invites us into something...take the next step...

#gospelofMark #GoodNews 

#invitation