Follow The Leader - Feeding the 5,000
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“What’s for Supper?”
“What’s for Supper?”
First, the Word
First, the Word
11 But the crowds found out where he was going, and they followed him. He welcomed them and taught them about the Kingdom of God, and he healed those who were sick.
34 Jesus saw the huge crowd as he stepped from the boat, and he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
Overemphasizing the Problem
Overemphasizing the Problem
15 That evening the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away so they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves.”
It wasn’t that the disciples didn’t recognize the crowd’s immediate need.
The response “feels” reasonable. It’s a natural solution but limited in scope and understanding. Out in the wilderness with only a few small towns nearby who could never meet the needs of thousands.
17 If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love be in that person?
Jesus gives them the mission to meet the need.
Underemphasizing the Solution
Underemphasizing the Solution
13 But Jesus said, “You feed them.”
“But we have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered. “Or are you expecting us to go and buy enough food for this whole crowd?”
“But” and “only” are the enemies of faith.
20 “You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.”
Underestimating the Master
Underestimating the Master
14 For there were about 5,000 men there.
Jesus replied, “Tell them to sit down in groups of about fifty each.” 15 So the people all sat down. 16 Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and blessed them. Then, breaking the loaves into pieces, he kept giving the bread and fish to the disciples so they could distribute it to the people.
17 “O Sovereign Lord! You made the heavens and earth by your strong hand and powerful arm. Nothing is too hard for you!
27 He replied, “What is impossible for people is possible with God.”
Jn 6.6 tells us that Jesus already knew what he was going to do. He wanted his disciples to learn from this experience.
To learn to trust Him with every circumstance - large or small.
By faith to act no matter how outlandish the circumstances may seem.