Compassion

                                        Matthew 15:32a
                    "I have compassion on the multitude, because 
                          they continue with me now three days,
                                    and have nothing to eat"

          This is the second time Jesus has fed the multitudes.  What can this feeding mean?  How is it different from the feeding mentioned in John 6?  Jesus used the bread, in John as a lesson and as pure compassion in Matthew.  Jesus intended to do something so compassionate that all who saw it would remember that hidden deep within the gospel was something so compassionate that it would never bypass peoples physical needs.
          It was the season of the passover, but this was more than just a holiday observance that Jesus instituted.  Those whom He fed were largely the poor of Galilee.  These people were not wealthy enough to store up food many days ahead.  Some of them may actually have been hungry or even starving as Jesus fed them. God sees hunger and cares about the poor.  God feds us physically.  He wants to do more.  He sees our spiritual needs.  When people's physical needs are crying out, they come more slowly to think about spiritual things.  This world needs Christ!  There are cries for help  out there!  Maybe we Christians should turn up our hearing aids and start showing compassion as Christ did.

                                     May God Bless You
                                      And Your Families

                                                    Minister: Robert A. Lail
                                                    The Cross Life Ministry