SIT DOWN AND SEE WHAT GOD WILL DO

John 6:10 NLT “Tell everyone to sit down,” Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes…

Jesus and His disciples are all out on the hills and 5,000 men and their families have been drawn to hear what Jesus has to say and do. Jesus sees the potential to demonstrate God’s goodness, so He asks Philip where they can buy bread to feed all the people. Jesus already knew what He was going to do but He wanted to hear what Philip would say. Then Andrew chips in and says what he thinks.

Sometimes we find ourselves in situations that look rather impossible to deal with but Jesus is waiting to hear what we’re going to say! Are we going to agree with the way things look, with how impossible it seems, how logically there is no way we can deal with this? Or are we going to say what God says?

God says ‘All things are possible with Him, that nothing is too hard for Him.’ God says, ‘We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.’ God says ‘He will provide whatever we need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.’ God says ‘No weapon formed against us will prosper.’ God says ‘He turns all things round for our good to those who love Him.’😊

Then Jesus does something interesting, He tells them all to sit down! It’s like He’s saying, “Make yourselves comfortable, because I’m about to show you what God can do.” 

Maybe you’ve been walking the floor, wringing your hands, saying “What am I going to do?” If so, can I encourage you to sit down, take your eyes off the problem, fix them on Jesus and His Word, and watch and see what God will do for you.

Those 5,000 plus people would have sat down with a sense of expectancy, of ‘what’s Jesus going to do now?’ We can have the same attitude. We can have an attitude of faith, of trust, knowing the goodness of our God is legendary, knowing His compassion never fails, knowing His mercy goes on forever and His grace and favour are for each one of us today. 

Jesus is saying to us to sit down which is another way of saying to trust Him, to have faith, and watch Him provide. Will we do it? I pray we will, and say what His word says about us, and what it says about God, and see what God will do.😊 Amen.

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