Emphasis Preaching Journal

England's King George II once stopped at a village inn for a brief meal. The innkeeper charged a good deal more than normal for the egg he served his highness. Even the king was not such a fool as not to know that he was being gouged. He commented sagely, "With prices like these, eggs must be very scarce around here." Came the transparent reply, "Oh, no, sire, it is kings that are scarce." Bread may have seemed scarce before Jesus fed the crowd, but what was more precious still was the incarnation of God with humanity which made the miracle possible. -- Sherer