(Mark 6 v 7 -13, 30 - 52)
A remarkable Change
From delivering demons, to not even recognising Jesus.
So, maybe the circumstances were unusual.
After all, walking on the water was strange. And it was night.
And the wind was up.
But, what happened to them?
It seems it had something to do with bread.
Earlier that day, they had seen him feed 5000 people with 5 loaves and two fish.
And, after Jesus had climbed into the boat and the wind died down it seems there was a lesson to be learned.
They just didn't "see" him in the storm
Because it seems, their hearts were hardened
And their hearts were hardened because they didn't understand about the loaves.
The loaves on the hillside
The loaves broken to feed the hungry
The compassion for the crowd, expressed in the broken bread
"You give them something to eat" (v 37)
Could it be that central to this episode in the disciple's journey was not the deliverances or the healings
It was feeding the hungry
And, that seems to be really important to Jesus.
And, it may just keep our hearts "soft".
Which means we will never fail to recognise him.