Jesus speaks to the disciples and says, "Gather up the scraps". And the Bible is careful to give us inventory of how much they had left, 12 baskets full left, now, that's overcooking. When you got 12 baskets full left, you didn't count right. Twelve baskets full were left and they loaded them on the boat to leave. Now, here's my dilemma. Why did he have them gather the scraps? I would like to think, in my mind, that maybe he thought they would get hungry again, but my problem with that is, if they were scraps, fish bones, half-eaten pieces, crust off the bread, it doesn't seem very appetizing that gathered leftovers stored in baskets could be preserved for a future meal. In the presence of a God who created something out of nothing, why do we need to make these kinds of provisions for the next meal when we didn't provide the first meal?
Message: Save the Scraps Scripture: Mark 6:42-52 (KJV) Speaker: Bishop T.D. Jakes