John 6:10-15 Then
Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in
the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus
took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to
the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the
fish, as much as they wanted. So when they were filled, He said to His
disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is
lost.” Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets
with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who
had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did,
said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.” Therefore
when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make
Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.
Continuing Pastor Kyle’s
message on lessons from the feeding of the 5000, the second thing that we see
from this story is (2) there are problems only God can solve. We all know that
big events take preparations. We deal with all sorts of big problems in life
that only God can provide for and solve. How do people get through life without
God and His provision? They can’t on our own. (3) It takes a proactive faith that
leads to God’s supernatural provision. It reality, the child in the story of
the feeding of the 5000 people had just enough for himself, but was willing to
share. Jesus blesses the child’s offering, breaks the bread and multiplied the
provision to provide for all. And there was enough for all, plus much leftover.
This was a foreshadowing of Christ’s atoning sacrifice on the Cross for our
salvation.
Romans 5:14-16 “Nevertheless
death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according
to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was
to come. But the free gift is not like the offense. For if
by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by
the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. And the
gift is not like that which came through the one who
sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in
condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in
justification.”
Proactive faith involves
giving as God leads us. John 3:16 tells us, “For God so loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have
everlasting life.” God gives and we give back. We walk obediently on the
path that God wants for us. There is always a way to be proactive in our faith
every day. God wants our cup to overflow and a stream of “living water” to flow
from us upon others in abundance, in hope assured, in love abounding, in joy
unending, and peace prevailing.
Psalm 23:1-3 “The Lord is my
shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green
pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads
me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.”
In John 10:10-11, the Lord
Jesus said, “The thief does not come
except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have
life, and that they may have it more abundantly. I am the good
shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.” Divine provision
in a life of provision.
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