JESUS KNOWS WHAT TO DO

John 6:5-14

Key Verse: "And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do."

If the bible is the preserved, inerrant, infallible word of God, which it is, then God must have thought this story to be very important for everyone to know; its one of the few stories found in all four of the synoptic gospels. If we count the verses revolving around this story you will find more is said about Jesus and his ability to feed this multitude of people than you will find about His virgin birth. There's no mathematical equation to explain the miracle of Jesus feeding this group of over 5,000 people with five loves of bread and two small fishes; but Jesus knew what to do...

• There's A Problem That Does Not Surprise - (vs.5)
  • Jesus asked a question to the disciples that surpassed their mind...
  • When Philip answers in verse 7 he does so with human reasoning and understanding and states its impossible to feed them with such little money they have...
  • Andrew finds a young man with a lunch bag and believes, again, that the means the lad had was not enough...
    • Application: In spite of what was on the disciples mind, the money they had and the means at their disposal, Jesus was unphased for He knew what He was going to do even before asking any questions. When we get to a place where a circumstance boggles our human reasoning, we face financial burdens, or we feel like we just don't have what we need to accomplish the task before us, we are prone to panic, worry and stress but your heavenly father knows what you have need of before you ask Him and you can rest assured he is unbothered by the situation... 
• There's A Plan That Didn't Make Sense - (vs.10-11)
  • The little boy approaches Andrew with his five barley loaves and two small fish and says, "I ain't got much but I what I do have, you can let Jesus have it."
    • Application: When we need the Lord's help we have to be willing to place what we do have in his hands by faith and let him work the situation out...
  • If we do the math there's roughly 420 people each disciple is responsible for and each disciple is given 1/6th piece of fish and 1/2 loaf of bread and Jesus tells them to go feed the 5,000... Could you imagine what was going through their thoughts at this point? They knew Jesus was accustomed to feeding sparrows but this isn't a crowd of sparrows that weigh only ounces, these are people!
    • Application: No doubt we all have "sparrow feeding faith" that is, when our faith is directed outwards, but things change when our faith is needing directed upwards concerning His ability to work something out in our lives. These disciples and the people that might have known the details of the situation are probably thinking "this doesn't make any sense" but a lot of what Jesus does for us and his ability to work miracles can't be explained, and that's what makes it so great. We must simply trust Him and His abilities.
• There's A People That Were Satisfied - (vs.12)
  • The bible says "they were filled" so not only did Jesus feed them, but He filled them. It's one thing to get enough to slate the hunger pains, but it's another to be stuffed.
    • Application: We serve a God that is more than capable and even responsible of taking care of our needs, but at times He also supplies our wants. No matter what you're facing just know that He can provide.
      • "Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness." (Psalms 107:8-9)

Jesus Knows What To Do!