Connecting the Dots (4)
Series: Life and Ministry of Jesus
Joey Rodgers
Matthew 14:13-34
Who remembers doing Connect-the-Dots Puzzles? When I was a kid, I loved solving the mystery of each picture one connected dots at a time. Of course, most of these puzzles are simple and easy to solve, although sometimes, they're complex and difficult to see.
Example - show simple and complex pics
Initially, these puzzles were created around the turn of the 20th century and were published in the children's section of the Sunday paper. What's interesting is that only a few years later, the phrase connecting the dots became a household idiom/metaphor to describe pulling various facts/details together to be able to see the whole picture or to understand something globally.
If you've been following along in the Come and See devotional reading, this week we've been in week 5 - which happens to be in the beginning stages of the 3rd year in Jesus' ministry/journey w/ the (12) - and up to this point, while they've been following their Rabbi, not one of them has seen Him for His true identity.
But this week, Jesus engaged the (12) in a series of events to bring them to the place where they seemingly were able to connect the dots to begin seeing that Jesus was more than a Rabbi w/ shemika, but actually that He was the Son of God in the flesh.
13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he w/drew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a remote place, and it's already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food." Jesus said, "They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat." "We have here only (5) loaves of bread and (2) fish," they said. "Bring them here to me," he said. And he di ...
Series: Life and Ministry of Jesus
Joey Rodgers
Matthew 14:13-34
Who remembers doing Connect-the-Dots Puzzles? When I was a kid, I loved solving the mystery of each picture one connected dots at a time. Of course, most of these puzzles are simple and easy to solve, although sometimes, they're complex and difficult to see.
Example - show simple and complex pics
Initially, these puzzles were created around the turn of the 20th century and were published in the children's section of the Sunday paper. What's interesting is that only a few years later, the phrase connecting the dots became a household idiom/metaphor to describe pulling various facts/details together to be able to see the whole picture or to understand something globally.
If you've been following along in the Come and See devotional reading, this week we've been in week 5 - which happens to be in the beginning stages of the 3rd year in Jesus' ministry/journey w/ the (12) - and up to this point, while they've been following their Rabbi, not one of them has seen Him for His true identity.
But this week, Jesus engaged the (12) in a series of events to bring them to the place where they seemingly were able to connect the dots to begin seeing that Jesus was more than a Rabbi w/ shemika, but actually that He was the Son of God in the flesh.
13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he w/drew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a remote place, and it's already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food." Jesus said, "They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat." "We have here only (5) loaves of bread and (2) fish," they said. "Bring them here to me," he said. And he di ...
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