When God Says …
“And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place. But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.” (Luke 9:12-13 KJV).
Worry. Yeah, watching the multitudes in a secluded place and the day quickly wearing down, anxiety is building. Evening is coming and the people are hungry and weary. That’s what creeps in the hearts of the twelve apostles when they approach the Lord Jesus suggesting to send the crowd away, so they could find a place to eat and sleep in the surrounding towns and country. They’re worried what to feed these people. Like you and I, they’re human! With one's physical eyes, they watch such huge crowd, and they have no food to feed them.
It is amazing to note that these twelve apostles just returned from their own mission without provision, but with power to heal and to cast out demons (Luke 9:1–6), they were never in want. The Lord Jesus provided for them. The twelve apostles don't seem to think of trusting on the same power of God to feed these people. They fail to realize the power of Grace in the person of the Lord in their midst. With the five loaves of bread in their hands, with “five” and the number five being grace in Hebrew, it signals the sufficiency of provisions to feed the multitude. It is therefore our stir to stay alert that our source will and can provide.
As God's children by faith in Christ Jesus we are instructed not to worry, as it is written the Lord Jesus said: ““Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” (Matthew 6:25-26 ESV).
And I say, AMEN!
Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries
When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.
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