How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread?
I cannot tell you how many times I have heard God say something and totally missed His meaning! I have had to learn to slow down and wait for God to explain what He means. Far too many times have I assigned meaning to what God says based upon my earthly perspective. Often that perspective includes forgetting or losing sight of who He is.
This is the position that the disciples found themselves in as documented in Matthew 16. They had witnessed Jesus miraculously feed thousands of people, and the Pharisees and Sadducees had just displayed their cynical doubt. With this context in mind, Jesus told the disciples to watch out for the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Similar to me, the disciples heard what Jesus said (at least they were listening, right?), looked at their earthly context (they had forgotten to bring lunch), and thought Jesus was saying that He was upset with them for such an oversight.
Jesus is quick to shift their perspective back to a Kingdom perspective. With this perspective, they can see the heart of the matter just as Jesus does.
Today, take a step.
Maybe today the one step God wants you to take is to remember who He is. Perhaps God wants you to listen to His reminders of Kingdom perspective. Maybe today God wants you to let go of the meaning that you have assigned to His words to make space for Him to assign meaning to it.
Whatever the step, ask God to direct it. Take a moment to take that step. Invite Him to speak. He will.
Life is a long road. Walk it with Jesus. Take a step today… just one is fine.
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*Leon, Morris, The Gospel According to Matthew. Pillar New Testament Commentary (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1992), 415–417, and Keener, C. S., Matthew (Vol. 1, Mt 16:5–12) (InterVarsity Press, 1997).