Response to Needs
And He marvelled because of their unbelief. And He went round about the villages, teaching. Mark 6:6
Jesus…was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd. Mark 6:34
The emotional reaction of Christ to the various situations in which He was found is often noted in Mark’s gospel. Here, unbelief causes Him to “marvel,” while a little later, deep spiritual and physical needs cause Him to be “moved with compassion.” The Perfect Servant is never insensitive to human conditions! What is our response to today’s appalling conditions, both material and spiritual?
--G. Hall
Weep o’er the erring ones, lift up the fallen,
Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save.
--Fanny J. Crosby
