Matt.14:19 – And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
This is where the miracle happened, as a matter of fact this is where miracles always happen. They start at the source, in the hand of the Lord, then they are distributed to the hungry through His servants. This is how the Lord brings healing, recovery from emotional trauma, provision, and every kind of miracle you can imagine. It starts with Him and flows through His people to the world.
We can identify with this story, the day is almost over and we are in a desert place, its time for God top move and bring in the harvest of this generation. I included one of my favorite Spurgeon’s quotes today. If you have seen it before its worth reading again.
“Not without a blessing does the al fresco meal begin: “He blessed. ” God’s blessing must be sought even when Jesus is there: He will not act without the Father. Our Lord Jesus did all in the provision of the feast: he blessed, he brake, he gave to his disciples. All is with him. The disciples come in to take their subordinate position, after he has displayed his divine creator-ship. They are the waiters: they serve and distribute; they can do no more; they are glad to do that. In haste, but yet in order, they divide the food among the throng, much wondering and adoring as they so do. It was bread and a relish with it; good fare and agreeable; sufficient, but not luxurious. Some would give the poor only the barest necessaries; bread only; our Lord adds fish. What a feast was this! Christ for Master of the feast: apostles for butlers; thousands for numbers; and miracles for supplies! What a far more glorious feast is that which the gospel spreads for hungry souls! What a privilege to be fed by the Son of God!”
If you want to be used to touch this generation there is something here for all of us. Stay close to Jesus, give Him something to work with (a little boy’s lunch) and when He gives instructions follow them. It may seem like something insignificant at first but if you follow His leading anything can happen. Before you know it you will be passing out the bread of life to hungry and desperate people.