The Gospel of Luke 9:16 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God Says …

“Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.” (Luke 9:16 KJV).

Earlier, the apostles bring to the Lord's attention to suggest sending the crowd home as evening is coming. And the crowd are getting hungry, and tired, too. They needed food to eat, and a place to sleep. The Lord said - "you feed them." (Luke 9:13). They reason out that it needs two hundred days worth of wages for the cost of food to feed this crowd (Mark 6:37). And, they only have five loaves of bread and two fishes (John 6:7-9). The Lord instructed them to have the crowd seated in groups of around fifty each group. Then He took the meager loaves of bread and fishes, blessed them, broke them and gave to the apostles for serving with the crowd.

The Lord Jesus set the example for us to follow and do, with every blessing we have in our hands. We must look to heaven where our source comes from. We are to give thanks! Then, we break it, symbolizing our readiness to share! Recognizing that we are children of God in Christ Jesus through faith by His grace, we rest assured. We are favored with blessings. Scriptures assure us that His power is at work within us, as it is written: “Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” (Ephesians 3:20-21 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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