Past the Point of No Return

Mar 8:1-3
(1) Not long afterward another large crowd came together. When the people had nothing left to eat, Jesus called the disciples to him and said,
(2) "I feel sorry for these people, because they have been with me for three days and now have nothing to eat.
(3) If I send them home without feeding them, they will faint as they go, because some of them have come a long way."

These people literally followed Jesus beyond a point of safety. Some had come from long distances and had not brought enough food. Perhaps they were expecting to be able to buy food. Perhaps they had heard how He had fed the 5,000 and had hope that He would again provide.

He did.

Do we follow Jesus past the point of safety? Past the point of 'good judgment'? Jesus took a special notice of these who had come from a long distance. He had no intention of leaving to their own devices to get back home.

I wonder what became of the ones who left early because their bread had run out? I wonder if they heard the story of the miracle He did 'right after' they left. I wonder how often I left early and missed the miracle in my own life.