When Jesus taught, healed, and fed the 5,000 he was suffering terrible emotional turmoil. He had heard of John’s death maybe a few hours before. He probably was able to spend the time of the boat trip in prayer, but that may not have been all that he wanted or needed. When the group landed the people saw the sail and learned that it was Jesus and his disciples. So the needy came to him. Jesus worked amidst his sorry to serve the needs of the people. Then when everyone was satisfied Jesus was able to spend the time in prayer that he had sought since hearing the news of John. That is a powerful example to me of how to live out Paul’s repeated command to consider others more important than yourself. (1 Corinthians 10:24, Galatians 6:2, Philippians 2:3-4)
Stuart
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