All I Need is a Crumb!

Does anyone have a need in their life? I think most of us have several important needs. I would even say that most people have one or more major needs in their lives and some may not see how their need can be met. Some people are looking at devastating family problems. Some are experiencing financial difficulty. Some are looking at a problem with a child. Some look at their lives and realize that they are lost. Some are facing a disease and wondering what lies ahead. Some are looking at their parents and realizing they won’t be here forever. I could stand here all day and not exhaust the list of problems that many of us are facing today.

In the midst of our problems, we need someone to help us. We need someone we can turn to for a solution. We need God to work in our lives. We don’t need Him to lift every burden, just the heaviest. We don’t need Him to move every mountain, just the highest. We don’t need God to give us a whole loaf of bread, just a crumb.

In Mark’s gospel today (Mk 7:24-30), a mother was shouting to Jesus for the help she needed. Why was she so frantic? She was heartbroken over the condition of her child and she was determined to get her child the help she needed. This burdened woman came to Jesus because faith and hope had been aroused in her heart. She needed something that society could not give her. She was looking for something that her religion could not give her. She needed a solution that she had not been able to provide by her own efforts. She was desperate and she saw Jesus as her only hope.

And can’t each of us identify with this poor, anxious mother? Perhaps you are dealing with a child that is out of control. Perhaps you are at your wits end over some situation in your life and you need help. Perhaps you have exhausted every means possible and do not know where to turn for help. Whatever the need in our lives may be, we need to take a lesson from this woman and get that need to Jesus!

Maybe you may have cried out to Him in the past and asked Him to do this or that in your life and there was no answer. You may even feel like giving up! Let me encourage you today. God’s silence is not an indication of God’s unwillingness to meet your need. God’s silences serve to strengthen our faith and to remind us that He operates on a different schedule that we do.

A little crumb from the Lord’s Table might be all you need today. (Others may need Him to drop the whole loaf!) Regardless of the obstacles we face in our lives, we will always find the answer in Jesus! He can move our mountain; meet our need; save our soul; forgive our sins; touch our loved ones; you name it, God can do it! But, we have to ask Him! Don’t be afraid to call on Jesus; He invites us to do so. We do not have to bear this burden alone. Bring it to Jesus. He cares, He loves us, and He can help.