Jesus Feeds the 5000

The miracle is incredible, but yet it happened. Jesus is the Son of God…

John 6:1-15
1 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. 3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. 4 The Jewish Passover Festival was near.

5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.

7 Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages[a] to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, 9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”

10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). 11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.

12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” 13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

14 After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” 15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.

“Lord, I ask that you help me with my unbelief this day.” Perhaps that is something we should all day every morning, and ever night. We simply do not have the capacity to love at the level that Jesus lived without His gifts to us. Through Jesus were are made pure and righteous, sobrhst we can freely accept the gift that had been unearned.

Jesus was super – aware of the goings on around Him. He was aware of those that wished Him dead, as He held the keys to all secrets. Many began to show their intent to crown Jesus and fight for those that wanted the power. This was not what He came for…

He came for us…you and I. He came to save not to destroy. He came to provide an example to live by, and it is a perfect example. In God’s time, all will be revealed and we will all be going home. Before that day, let us ask His will to be done on our lives. #JesusSaves

Amen
DK