Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
10 When the apostles returned,
they reported to Jesus what they had done. Then he took them with him and they
withdrew by themselves to a town called Bethsaida, 11 but
the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to
them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.
12 Late in the afternoon the Twelve
came to him and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding
villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote
place here.”
13 He replied, “You give them
something to eat.”
so here are those thoughts of mine:
·
Applying logic to the events: if they are going
to be fed and cared for the five thousand have to go away and find food for themselves. Who could argue with that logic?
·
Jesus advises them to do what is illogical: "You
give them something to eat."
o
Now they are challenged with a task that will
surely fail IF only human means are employed. Its pretty obvious Jesus understands this too.
o
This is where I find myself in this ministry – I
feel like our human means are so lacking that we surely can’t provide “food”
for the community. Maybe what I need to
do is trust God who placed me here, trust that He does have a plan and trust
that He knows how to place resources here, trust also that with His
intervention the right things will happen and He will be glorified through our
little church.
More later . . .
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