Re:Verse passage – Mark 4:21-25, 33-34 (day five) “and He did not speak to them without a parable; but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples.”
What an opportunity and what a privilege for the disciples! Jesus (in private) explaining and applying His teachings, just to them. Questions answered. Problems solved. Confusion clarified. Wisdom revealed. Truth resonating. How did they receive and respond to Jesus’ parables once explained? Were they arrogant and prideful? Were they filled with conceit and entitlement? (If we are being honest, all those kind of reactions could have easily happened in their hearts and minds- and ours) Yet I believe their main reaction was “hunger”. Remember John 6, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life.” The great hope (and promise) is that Jesus would continue that same work in us (causing “Holy Hunger”) as we worship, study the scriptures, pray, and serve.
“But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth;” John 16:13
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” Matthew 5:6
