Jesus had just finished talking to the Pharisees and Sadducees, because they had come to him demanding that he show them a sign to prove his authority.
Matthew 16: 4-12
” Then Jesus left them and went away 5 Later, after they crossed to the other side of the lake, the disciples discovered they had forgotten to bring any bread. 6 “Watch out!” Jesus warned them. “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
7 At this they began to argue with each other because they hadn’t brought any bread. 8 Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said, “You have so little faith! Why are you arguing with each other about having no bread? 9 Don’t you understand even yet? Don’t you remember the 5,000 I fed with five loaves, and the baskets of leftovers you picked up? 10 Or the 4,000 I fed with seven loaves, and the large baskets of leftovers you picked up? 11 Why
can’t you understand that I’m not talking about bread? So again I say,
‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.'”
12
Then at last they understood that he wasn’t speaking about the yeast in
bread, but about the deceptive teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Then at last they understood that he wasn’t speaking about the yeast in
bread, but about the deceptive teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Reading this the a few weeks ago I realized that… I FORGOT THE BREAD! Jesus is shown here talking to his OWN 12 
disciples, after just finishing dealing with the pride of the Pharisees and Sadducees, and is trying to vent, to lead, and to warn them about their false teachings. In the very next verse the 12 are arguing because they forgot to take the bread on the trip. I find myself here more than I would like, in a place where God is trying to teach me/ warn me about something and instead of taking what He has to say and listening, my pride/ insecurity just like the disciple’s turns the focus of the situation on my own “failure / flaws.” I start looking at what I did wrong and God isn’t even concerned with that! The conversation isn’t even about that. We miss out on what God is actually saying to us because we cant get past the fact that it is not about us. Not only were they worried about leaving the bread, but it was something that they had seen Jesus provide for people over and over (with the feeding of the 4 &5 thousands). They had seen him walk on water, and calm a storm, so they knew that Jesus could preform a miracle and get bread, but they weren’t trusting the heart of their Savior. It is my prayer that as disciples of Christ we would turn the focus from ourselves back to Jesus, where it belongs and that we could learn to trust his heart, not our failure.
disciples, after just finishing dealing with the pride of the Pharisees and Sadducees, and is trying to vent, to lead, and to warn them about their false teachings. In the very next verse the 12 are arguing because they forgot to take the bread on the trip. I find myself here more than I would like, in a place where God is trying to teach me/ warn me about something and instead of taking what He has to say and listening, my pride/ insecurity just like the disciple’s turns the focus of the situation on my own “failure / flaws.” I start looking at what I did wrong and God isn’t even concerned with that! The conversation isn’t even about that. We miss out on what God is actually saying to us because we cant get past the fact that it is not about us. Not only were they worried about leaving the bread, but it was something that they had seen Jesus provide for people over and over (with the feeding of the 4 &5 thousands). They had seen him walk on water, and calm a storm, so they knew that Jesus could preform a miracle and get bread, but they weren’t trusting the heart of their Savior. It is my prayer that as disciples of Christ we would turn the focus from ourselves back to Jesus, where it belongs and that we could learn to trust his heart, not our failure.
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