Your need is the birthplace of the miraculous!

     

Have you ever been responsible for feeding a lot of people? Those of you with the cooking responsibilities in your family will certainly be able to relate to the sign recorded in John chapter six.  In the text we discover that Jesus miraculously feeds 5000 men with only five loaves of bread and two fish. Now that alone would be a powerful story, but think about the fact that this numbering did not even include the women and children present. 

So the crowd could realistically be estimated at upwards of 20-25,000 people. Jesus fed them all. 

A pre-cursor to the miracle is the fact that an unknown boy, a child, was willing to share his lunch. If there is one consistent characteristic of children it is that they are selfish. “Mine”, is often one of the first words to come out of their mouth. But not this little boy, he shared what he had, and in the hands of The Miraculous Messiah it was enough to feed the entire crowd and provide twelve baskets of leftovers. We should never underestimate the good that our giving, no matter how insignificant it may be, can accomplish. 

Are you willing to share with others what the Lord has provided for you today? This crowd showed up hungry for spiritual things and their spiritual and physical needs were taken care of by Jesus. I have discovered that God has a way of caring for all of our needs, no matter how large or small they may be. We serve a great God who is ready willing and able to do “exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we could ever ask or imagine” (Ephesians 3:20-21). What is it that you need from Jesus today? Your need is the birthplace of the miraculous!