John 6

Reflection on John 6

“Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of people coming to look for him. Turning to Philip, he asked, “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, “Even if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough money to feed them!”

 Then Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up. “There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?” 

“Tell everyone to sit down,” Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. (The men alone numbered about 5,000.) Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people. Afterward he did the same with the fish. And they all ate as much as they wanted. 

After everyone was full, Jesus told his disciples, “Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is wasted.” So they picked up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with scraps left by the people who had eaten from the five barley loaves.”
‭‭(John‬ ‭6:5-13‬ ‭NLT‬‬)

When we are faced with a situation, there are two responses that we can give.
1) Will we be like Philip, deem the situation as hopeless and vent out our frustration?
Or
2) Will we be like Andrew, seizing that moment to activate the boy with five loaves and two fish? Instead of feeling despair, he offer to God whatever that is in his hand and trust Him to multiply it.

A question to ask ourselves will be, do we have the eyes of Andrew- always looking out for people to be part of the miracles? If he did not point out the boy with 5 loaves and 2 fish, this miracle may not have happened with both their involvement.

Application:

As I served in the youth ministry, I pray that I can look out for their potential and trust God to multiply whatever that is in their hands.

Follow-up Questions & Actions for and before God:

1) Look out for their potentials 
2) May I not always see situation as hopeless but to look out for whatever that I have in my hands and trust God to multiply it