Food is a very important aspect of our lives — without it we die! The same is true spiritually. Perhaps we can see in the miracle of the feeding of the 5000 an attempt by the Gospel writer to remind us of this truth. After all, grace builds upon nature and so it is quite natural to read a spiritual lesson into a natural event. Jesus also demonstrates that all He requires of us is to give Him what we have and He will make up for what is lacking! The small boy gave his fish and loaves of bread and Jesus enabled them to feed 5000 people. This is truly a miracle of the promise of God’s providence in our lives, if we will entrust Him with all that we have.
Mark 6:34-44
34 When Jesus saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. 35 By now it was already late and his disciples approached him and said, “This is a deserted place and it is already very late. 36 Dismiss them so that they can go to the surrounding farms and villages and buy themselves something to eat.” 37 He said to them in reply, “Give them some food yourselves.” But they said to him, “Are we to buy two hundred days’ wages worth of food and give it to them to eat?” 38 He asked them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they had found out they said, “Five loaves and two fish.” 39 So he gave orders to have them sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 The people took their places in rows by hundreds and by fifties. 41 Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to [his] disciples to set before the people; he also divided the two fish among them all. 42 They all ate and were satisfied. 43 And they picked up twelve wicker baskets full of fragments and what was left of the fish. 44 Those who ate of the loaves were five thousand men.
my reflections
think: Jesus demonstrates that all He requires of us is to give Him what we have and He will make up for what is lacking.
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