Five Loaves, Two Fish (John 6: 1-14)

Now let's read through John 6:1-14 and focus on v.2 "a great multitude followed Him"; v. 9 "there is a lad here who has five loaves and two small fish"; v.10 "five thousand"' and v.14 "this is truly the Prophet". The story of Jesus feeding 5,000 people comes at a time of ministry when there is a lot of focus on Him. People started flowing Him in the masses. But Jesus continues to set Himself apart and bestows blessing on the people. Here he blessed the masses by feeding them miraculously with only five loaves and two fish. But notice in v.14, even when he did this miracle, they continued to downgrade and misread is status from the Messiah to a Prophet! Jesus was more than a Prophet! He was the Messiah they had all been reading about. If you read and had objective thought you would know Jesus was there not only to provide physical comfort and food to some, but even better.............. a spiritual restoration to God Almighty! He is the Messiah!!

Many witnessing Jesus' miracles lacked faith. Faith is something to enact when do not have all the facts, but our spirit knows to move forward. You might have faith in a car to start and the brakes to work. But do you have actual knowledge or facts that they will. No, but you place faith in the car and the brakes. Similar to now, it's a fact, having Jesus in your life can do amazing things. Do you know the detailed working components, as to why that is the case? Not really but some choose to trust what Jesus is doing and other stand on the sidelines and observe, never taking a step of faith. Back in Biblical times, those people saw even more amazing miracles and they still did not have faith.

So looking at our own lives, we need faith to be enacted. Miracles could be going on around us and we choose to ignore them or justify them as a coincidence. Christ was who He said He was, THE MESSIAH...THE SAVIOR FOR ALL MANKIND! You can wait to see a miracle performed to decide to follow Him. Or prescribe certain circumstances to occur before you commit. But really, the time is now to enact your faith in Jesus. That faith is either praying your first prayer to accept Jesus into your life or taking the next step on a journey that has already begun.

Dear Lord Jesus, Let me continue my walk with you. Show me the next steps I need to make. Let me have the faith to move forward. Amen