Why When You Feel Least Qualified Is When God Does His Best Work

About this episode

The episode discusses how moments of grief and exhaustion can lead to significant acts of compassion and miracles, as exemplified by Jesus feeding the 5,000 while grieving.

The day Jesus fed five thousand people from almost nothing — he was also grieving the violent death of his best friend and cousin. He'd tried to get away to be alone. The crowds followed him anyway. And instead of sending them home, the Bible says "he had compassion on them." Out of his grief. Out of his exhaustion. In this episode, Linda and I walk through Matthew 14 and what was actually happening to Jesus during this wild 24-hour stretch — the grief, the exhaustion, the interrupted attempt at solitude, and the back-to-back miracles that came out of it. We also talk about what Linda walked through after her mom died last year, and why the moments when you feel least able are sometimes the moments God does his most visible work. If you enjoyed this, we'd love to send you a free copy of our book — you just cover shipping. It has over 1,000 5-star reviews on Amazon. Grab it at seedtime.com/free . WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE Here's a little of what we cover in this episode: Why the feeding of the 5,000 hits completely differently when you know what Jesus was going through that day What it means that Jesus "had compassion on them" right after learning his cousin was killed How…

People in this episode

Hosts: Linda Lotich, Bob Lotich

Topics covered

• grief
• compassion
• miracles
• faith
• personal experiences
• Christianity

Keywords

• feeding of the 5000
• grief
• exhaustion
• compassion
• miracles
• Christian faith
• personal stories

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Matthew 14

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