Friday Share #79: Who Are You Counting Out?
The following is a post that Steven Furtick wrote this past week that I think you have got to read! Pastor Steven is the lead pastor at Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is also the author of the book Sun Stand Still
The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.
-Matthew 14:21
Jesus didn’t feed 5,000 people with five loaves and two fish.
He fed a crowd of people that numbered 5,000-besides women and children.
But in those days, the women and children typically weren’t part of the headcount. Therefore, we typically refer to this incident as the feeding of the 5,000. Actually, it was more like 20,000, at the very least.
