In Mark 8 Jesus fed 4,000 people, with only a few loaves of bread and a handful of fish. While an amazing miracle, I’m equally amazed at the cause of the hunger. Have you ever been too excited to eat? I have, but never for three straight days.

People sat in gnawing hunger listening to Jesus. Finally experiencing Jesus live and in the flesh proved so fascinating, so fulfilling, so life-giving, they forgot to eat. For three days. Divine FOMO.

Until a crisis emerged. Jesus feared some would collapse on the road if he sent them home without eating. So he fed them, solving the problem he created in the first place.

What a teacher.