The blog below is inspired by this episode of “What’s God Doing?”

Have you ever felt like you missed the point God was trying to teach you? Have you ever felt like you are looking through thick fog when it comes to knowing God?

Mark 8:14 -21 talks about one of the many moments when the Disciples experienced this:

But the disciples had forgotten to bring any food. They had only one loaf of bread with them in the boat.  As they were crossing the lake, Jesus warned them, “Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod.”  At this they began to argue with each other because they hadn’t brought any bread.  Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said, “Why are you arguing about having no bread? Don’t you know or understand even yet? Are your hearts too hard to take it in?  ‘You have eyes—can’t you see? You have ears—can’t you hear?’ Don’t you remember anything at all?  When I fed the 5,000 with five loaves of bread, how many baskets of leftovers did you pick up afterward?” “Twelve,” they said.  “And when I fed the 4,000 with seven loaves, how many large baskets of leftovers did you pick up?” “Seven,” they said.  “Don’t you understand yet?” he asked them.

In spite of the miracles Jesus just performed, they now felt like it was all on them to perform well. They could not see the God that was in front of their face.

I am not going to lie: I have been a lot like them lately.

1 Corinthians 13:12 says, “For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.”

The miracle Jesus does after the discussion of the food and the misunderstanding gives a clear picture of how they were miscomprehending Him and His power.

Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him, and begged Him to touch him.  So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town. And when He had spit on his eyes and put His hands on him, He asked him if he saw anything.  And he looked up and said, “I see men like trees, walking.”  Then He put His hands on his eyes again and made him look up. And he was restored and saw everyone clearly.  Then He sent him away to his house, saying, “Neither go into the town, nor tell anyone in the town.”
Mark 8:22-26

Even the blind man was given new eyes. We simply need to believe the truth of God’s character, and God will give us understanding, just like he did with Peter.

When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”  So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”  He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”  Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”  Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 16:13-17

Lets remember God’s Character together. Write in the comments below your favorite characteristics of God, as well as the one you have been learning about lately.