This passage in Mark 8: 14-21 is almost humorous if it weren’t so painfully relatable. The disciples literally left the baskets of miraculous provision behind—and then found themselves worried about what they lacked. They had seven baskets of evidence and forgot to take even one. Even one!
And yet, I find myself doing the same thing.
God moves. He provides. He performs the miracle. And then…I forget.
I forget what He spoke.
I forget the evidence He gave me—and instead I focus on what’s missing or what I haven’t done yet.
Jesus calls it out with love and authority: “Do you still not understand?” His frustration isn’t because of their physical hunger—it’s because of their spiritual forgetfulness. They saw, they heard, they held the baskets in their hands—and still, they worried.
Jesus also warns them to “beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod”—a warning to guard against external voices that shape our internal reality. Influence is subtle, like leaven in dough.
If we’re not vigilant, the voices of fear, religion, control, doubt, or worldly pressure can creep in and distort our faith.
This morning, I realize how often I’ve carried a poverty mindset—not financially, but spiritually. I’ve walked through life like someone lacking, when the truth is, I’m a child of the King, lavished with mercy, provision, and purpose. I’ve seen the baskets. I’ve held them. And yet, my thoughts sometimes default to fear or lack.
It’s a subtle creep. There are areas where we can leap forward in confidence and then there are areas where we continue to stumble or return over and over again to places of scarcity.
That must shift.
We must remember the miracles. To holding fast to what God has done. To allowing gratitude and evidence to shape our identity, not scarcity or doubt. Our hearts must be filled with the leaven of truth—not tradition, fear, or external control.
We are loved.
We are seen.
We are provided for.
And we are never alone.
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