Destiny's Claim

Friday, February 18, 2005

5000 men, not counting women and children. All hungry and too far from civilisation to get anything to eat.

One boy. Five loaves, two fish. This food fed the crowd and had leftovers.

First of all, how is that possible? God takes what we have, the little that we have and mulitplies it for His work. But we have to give it up to Him first - remember, Jesus couldn't have fed the five thousand should the boy have refused to let Him take the fish and loaves from his hands.

You'll realise that economics doesn't really tally here. You try feeding your family of say, four people, with 5 loaves and two fish and i see who's hungry. Maybe you'd be full. How about a reunion dinner with all your extended family? Five loaves, two fish? People'd tell you you're crazy. Yet this food fed more than 5000. The input was only so little, the output so much. Even the laws of conservation of energy doesn't fit in - so great is our God.

What we have may seem little, but a little goes a long way - in God's hands. Let Him take what you have and use it to His will.

What piques me is - what was a small boy doing with so much food? =)

simply jon.pondered @ 9:26 am

Comments:

out in the wilderness at that...
far away from civilisation with five loaves of bread and two fish?

strange kid...

i like him already.

# posted by

freewheel : 9:14 am

Eh. They weren't that far from civilisation. Five loaves and two fish was likely his packed lunch. It's not that strange; it was fairly common at that time.

It's just that there wasn't any where nearby to buy enough food for so many people. Most small towns wouldn't have such well-stocked grocers, you realise.

# posted by

ketsugi : 10:47 pm

yeah i would think that was his lunch...but FIVE LOAVES!?!? TWO FISH!?!?!? even i couldn't eat that man...

# posted by

simply jon. : 2:26 pm