SPRING FORTH NOW 2026

February 9

Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?

Mark 8:14-21

Hear this clearly: lack isn’t always the problem—misfocus is. Mark 8:14–21 (KJV) shows the disciples worrying about bread while standing in the presence of provision, revealing how easy it is to miss the moment when blindspots go unchecked. Jesus presses them to remember, because memory is a tool God uses to sharpen vision. Knowing Your Blindspots means recognizing when fear has hijacked your focus and shrunk your expectations. From a High And Lifted Up vantage point, God invites us to see beyond scarcity and into promise. For Black people shaped by generations of making a way out of no way, this is a necessary recalibration: survival thinking cannot be the ceiling when God is calling us higher. Let this word steady every generation to look again, remember again, and see with faith that matches the moment.