A group of people had been following Jesus and listening to his teaching (Mark 8:1-10). They had come from great distances and been with him for days. As time went on, all the food they had, was gone. Jesus had compassion on the people. This means he had the inner disposition that fully understood what they were going through, went with them to the place where they were weak, vulnerable, lonely and broken, and was going to do something about their situation. The disciples asked a practical question about their ability to feed so many people in the wilderness with so few resources. This question lacked understanding and faith in Jesus' person, power, and presence to meet the needs of his people in a new crisis. He asked them what they had and they responded, seven loaves. So, Jesus took seven loaves and fed four thousand people. Amazing!

We really can trust Jesus to meet our needs by remembering that: 

1) He is affected by our needs; 

2) He can and will use inadequate and natural resources to supernaturally meet our needs; 

3) He is not limited to meeting our needs once; and 

4) He will satisfy our needs and will sometimes give us more than enough. 

In what ways has God provided for you in the past? How has God's work in the past encouraged you to trust him with your future?