Read John 6:1-14.
What really happened at lunchtime on that day? There have been many speculations. The feeding of the 5,000, actually more because that was just the count of men, is described as a miracle. The feeding of the 5,000 and the resurrection are the only miracles recorded in all four gospels.
There are questions.
Why did Jesus and the disciples not plan ahead? Apparently they did not expect the people to follow.
Did the people have food? Jesus approached it as if they did not.
Philip knew how much money they had and knew it would not be enough.
Andrew noted that a boy had five loaves and two small fishes. That would certainly not be enough. Possibly no one else had food. If the people had food then Jesus would not have needed to be involved.
There was a need and there was no visible means of filling that need. The solution to that problem is certainly worthy of a report in all four gospels.
The spiritual principle involved is that God cannot meet a surplus. He can only meet a need.
How often do we ask God for a solution when we already have it? That is a most serious lack of faith.
I am going to be doing some entries on God's economy. We all, starting with me, need to get more into that subject.
David Sneed
What really happened at lunchtime on that day? There have been many speculations. The feeding of the 5,000, actually more because that was just the count of men, is described as a miracle. The feeding of the 5,000 and the resurrection are the only miracles recorded in all four gospels.
There are questions.
Why did Jesus and the disciples not plan ahead? Apparently they did not expect the people to follow.
Did the people have food? Jesus approached it as if they did not.
Philip knew how much money they had and knew it would not be enough.
Andrew noted that a boy had five loaves and two small fishes. That would certainly not be enough. Possibly no one else had food. If the people had food then Jesus would not have needed to be involved.
There was a need and there was no visible means of filling that need. The solution to that problem is certainly worthy of a report in all four gospels.
The spiritual principle involved is that God cannot meet a surplus. He can only meet a need.
How often do we ask God for a solution when we already have it? That is a most serious lack of faith.
I am going to be doing some entries on God's economy. We all, starting with me, need to get more into that subject.
David Sneed
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