With Jesus expect the unexpected!

John 6:1-15

After this, Jesus crossed over the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea of Tiberias. And a huge crowd, many of them pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem for the annual Passover celebration, were following him wherever he went, to watch him heal the sick. So when Jesus went up into the hills and sat down with his disciples around him, he soon saw a great multitude of people climbing the hill, looking for him. Turning to Philip he asked, “Philip, where can we buy bread to feed all these people?” (He was testing Philip, for he already knew what he was going to do.) Philip replied, “It would take a fortune to begin to do it!” Then Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up. “There’s a youngster here with five barley loaves and a couple of fish! But what good is that with all this mob?” “Tell everyone to sit down,” Jesus ordered. And all of them—the approximate count of the men only was five thousand—sat down on the grassy slopes. Then Jesus took the loaves and gave thanks to God and passed them out to the people. Afterwards he did the same with the fish. And everyone ate until full! “Now gather the scraps,” Jesus told his disciples, “so that nothing is wasted.” And twelve baskets were filled with the leftovers! When the people realized what a great miracle had happened, they exclaimed, “Surely, he is the Prophet we have been expecting!” Jesus saw that they were ready to take him by force and make him their king, so he went higher into the mountains alone.

Food for thought!

Life is a series of highs and lows. We face valleys and mountains and sometimes it seems that we are not able to go one step farther. Our obstacle, whatever name we attach to it, is totally overwhelming in our eyes. When this happens, the general tendency is to just quit, to give up on the Lord. But, we forget just who God is! He is the Creator, the Master of the Sea, the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star. He is the One Who was, Who is and Who is to come! He is still God and we need to remember this very important fact.

Like Phillip and Andrew we often are faced with what is absolutely impossible in the eyes of man, but to God, it is merely an opportunity to display His awesome power. It is an opportunity for Him to showcase His ability to overcome any and all situations, without exception!



Today, I want you to take whatever burden you carry, whether it be personal, health, work or church related: I want you to first look at this burden, then look at the greatness and power of our God and finally realize that Jesus can handle it, he knows exactly what to do; Jesus knows how to handle your kind of problem. Consider each of your challenges as Jesus challenging you, as he did that day to Phillip:



“Philip, where can we buy bread to feed all these people?” (He was testing Philip, for he already knew what he was going to do.)



Don't panic as Phillip did. Be like that little boy; give all you have to the Lord; do your small part, and let the Lord do his part. Don't say like Andrew that it is too little. Remember little with Jesus is much. With Jesus expect the unexpectable.