Their
Hearts
Were Too Hard
To
Take It In.
Mark
6
47 Late that
night, the disciples were in their boat in the middle of the lake,
and Jesus was alone on land.
48 He saw
that they were in serious trouble, rowing hard and struggling against
the wind and waves. About three o’clock in the morning Jesus
came toward them, walking on the water. He intended to go past them,
50 They were
all terrified when they saw him. But Jesus spoke to them at
once. “Don’t be afraid,”he said. “Take courage! I
am here!”
52 for they
still didn’t understand the significance of the miracle of the
loaves. Their hearts were too hard to take it in.
Observation
The
disciples couldn't yet grasp who their leader was!
Even
though they had just seen Jesus cast out a legion of demons out of a
man and make an evangelist out of him, healing of a woman who had
been suffering for 12 years with an unstoppable bleeding problem, the
raising a 12 year old back from the dead, and the feeding of 5,000
men and their families using only a young boys lunch, consisting of 2
small fish and 5 small loaves of bread.
And
yet even after witnessing all of those miracles they freaked out when
Jesus came to them walking on the water! They were terrified when
they saw him and they were totally amazed when he climbed into their
boat, and the wind stopped.
What
was their problem? Why couldn't they get it?
The
disciples' problem in the boat that night is also the very same
problem that you and I have – and it is a very serious problem –
it is called a “hard heart”.
Having
a hard heart will cause us to miss out on what God is doing in our
lives and in the lives of those around us.
Plus,
having a hard and unrepentant heart can get us involved in sin so
deeply that we act out like an unbeliever, committing such sins
described in Galatians 5:19-21 “being sexually unfaithful, not
being pure, taking part in sexual sins, worshiping gods, doing
witchcraft, hating, making trouble, being jealous, being angry, being
selfish, making people angry with each other, causing divisions among
people, feeling envy, being drunk, having wild and wasteful
parties”
So
lets guard our hearts.
Psalm
51:17
17 The
sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit.
You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.
You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.
Jeremiah
17:9
“The
human heart is
the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really
knows how bad it is?
Proverbs
4:23
Guard
your heart above
all else, for it determines the course of your life.
Ephesians
4:17-19
17 With
the Lord’s authority I say this: Live no longer as the Gentiles do,
for they are hopelessly confused.
18 Their
minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives
because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts
against him.
19 They have
no sense of shame. They live for lustful pleasure and eagerly
practice every kind of impurity.
Application
I
will guard my heart and I will confess my sins as I commit them.
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I want to be able to see you at work in the lives of those
around me and I don't want to miss the miracles that you are doing in
my life. Help me to guard my heart. Don't let me do stupid sins that
mess up my walk with you and that will mess up my relationship with
those around me.
Daily
Bible Reading: Job 21; Mark 5,6
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