Where Are We Looking?

Job 22; Mark 7-8 

“’Be careful,’ Jesus warned them. ‘Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.’…‘…when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?’ They answered, ‘Seven.” He said to them, ‘Do you still not understand?’”

Mark 8:15, 20, 21

Jesus’ warning to watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod exposed a rival source of supposed life which the people of that day were trusting in. They were looking to politics or religion for their answers to their needs for life. Some felt that a revolution against the Romans would bring what they were looking for. Jesus multiplied the bread and fish and offered more than enough. His abundant life would satisfy. The cost of that life, however, was death to self and following the pathway of the cross.

Are we still looking to religion and politics for our life?

“Lord Jesus I repent for looking for life in other places than you. You are my life.”