Teaching Many Things

Christ teaches us what we need to know of Him, which then translates into our actions in everyday life.

Teaching Many Things

By Tomm | December 10, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment

And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.

Mark 6:34

Christ meets our most basic needs. The miracle before us is the only one recorded by all four evangelists. The pattern of Mark’s writing is very action-oriented. As he begins his account of this miracle in verse 34, he speaks of Christ’s compassion on the multitude because they were as sheep not having a shepherd. Mark tells us that the first thing which Christ did was to teach them many things. Here is a place for us to stop and meditate today. Christ saw that they were ignorant and He taught them. So it is with us. We are abundantly ignorant of many things. Christ is compassionate towards us and teaches us. He meets the most basic need of our ignorance. Think of the abundance of subjects about which we are naturally ignorant, and about which Christ teaches us. We are ignorant about love, and He being the personification of love teaches us by His humbling Himself; living for us; dying for us; and now interceding for us. He teaches us how to have a relationship, first with Himself, and then with others. He teaches us to understand Himself, and then how to be gracious to others. He teaches us the importance of communion with Him in every area of life: the physical, mental, spiritual and social. There is no end to the subjects upon which Christ teaches us what we need to know of Him, which then translates into our actions in everyday life. O Master, teach us more today.

Our Wise and Loving Lord, We praise You that in You resides all wisdom.
We rejoice that You teach us all those things concerning Yourself,
which are most important for us to know. Continue this day to instruct us,
that we might know You, and how to live before You.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning