Hard Hearts

Then He got in the boat with them, and the wind ceased. They were completely astounded because they had not understood about the loaves. Instead, their hearts were hardened. Mark 6:51,52

This scripture amazes us yet it highlights the disciples state. What causes our hearts to be hard? For me it is fatigue and watching too much TV. As I tire I am empty of comprehension. Watching too much TV robs me of believing because I am watching unbelief at it's best, unless of course I watch christian TV, which I do not have.

As a christian I have to be aware of the state of my spirit. I am responsible for feeding it good food. There are plenty of faith robbing spiritual messages afloat and I have to acknowledge this and guard my heart.

The word of God is the best food I can give my spirit and failing to realise that my spirit needs feeding is foolishness at its best. if I feed my body, many times a day, imagine what my spirit must need?

The spirit is where life is. If the spirit is empty then there is not much life there and then I operate like a shell of human existence.

The disciples had been on a missionary trip and returned to Jesus. He had called them to come away with Him and instead the crowd turned up and they then were put into a boat by themselves to return to the other side of the sea. They had not spent time being refreshed and they were running on empty, thus unbelief because their hearts were hard.

These were men who walked with Christ, had ministered to people and they had hard hearts. what does that tell you about us? Very easy to get a hard heart.

Jesus showed what to do, draw aside and be refreshed spending time with the Father.