“Jesus sighed deeply,” Mark 8:12 records, because He felt intensely frustrated with the unbelief of the Pharisees, Herodians, and even His own disciples. Like us, they were listening to the wrong messages, predisposed to a works’ righteousness, and determined to complete an external checklist to make them right with God. Like us, they also focused on the mundane, not remembering God’s adequate power. But Pastor Mark suggests (from Mark 8:11-21) that Jesus longs for us to turn from our troubled focus and turn to Him in childlike faith and dependence. God desires that we cast our daily cares and momentary worries on Christ. Ultimately, He desires to bless His children who cast themselves on Jesus. Why? Because He deeply cares for us. (1 Peter 5:7).