John 6:5-6 Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of people coming to look for him. Turning to Philip, he asked, "Where can we buy bread to feed all these people?" He was testing Philip, for he already knew what he was going to do.
The disciples were looking at a crowd of more than 5,000 people and Jesus knew they were needing to be fed with no supermarket round the corner.
Philip's response was "Even if we worked for months, we wouldn't have enough money to feed them." I wonder if we fall into that trap sometimes? We look at a need in our lives or in others', and think 'I'll never be able to pay for that.' He saw it only from what they could do.
Andrew had a glimmer of insight when he said "There's...five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?" He knew he had something but couldn't see what Jesus could do with it. He could see what he had available but couldn't see beyond it's inadequacy. Maybe we're like that too. We have limited vision. We know we could give something but think 'what difference will it make?'
Jesus then revealed a wonderful truth. If we bring what we have to God, in faith, knowing He can do something with it that we can't, and give thanks for it, we're opening up a channel for God to flow through, to meet the need.
As we begin a new week let's remember Jesus already knows what He's going to do for us but He waits for our faith response. All it takes is a believing, thankful heart that knows God is able and willing to do the impossible for us and bring Him what we have, knowing He can use even what we think is inadequate, for His glory and for our benefit. 😊
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