Grace Notes - John 6 v 9

John 6:9, "There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?"

God wants to be involved in every moment of our daily life. He is interested in every breath we take and he desires to use our natural, everyday gifts for the glory of his kingdom.

God in His fullness is with us, alive in all his power inside us, with our every heart beat. Nothing is mundane, nothing is ordinary, and everything in us is alive to the power of God working in and through us. We are God’s channel of provision to everyone we meet.

God’s grace is an overflowing reservoir of abundant life that is available; we have entered the Promised Land, a land overflowing with all that God has provided in Christ. He has blessed us and He wants to work through us, with every day items to show His love and mercy.

As Andrew Wommack explains Jesus could have just made the miraculous happen on his own, but Jesus involved the disciples to plant the seed of faith into their hearts and demonstrate that God blesses the ordinary and uses it to produce the supernatural.

“Notice that Jesus didn't just turn some of the stones into bread (as Satan had tempted Him to do in Lk. 4:3). We find only one instance in scripture where God created a supply to meet a need (Num. 11:21-23). Usually, the Lord simply blesses what we set our hand to do. The resources were totally inadequate to meet the need in this instance, but when the Lord blessed it, there was more than enough.

Jesus didn't just teach the disciples, but He trained them also. He was constantly trying to involve them in these miracles. Just a matter of days later, He again asked His disciples what they could do to feed the multitude of four thousand men. It was like He was saying "You missed this question when I asked you how we could feed the five thousand men. Now, here are less people and more food. What would you suggest this time?"

Instead of remembering the previous miracle, they acted like they had never seen Jesus feed the multitude and they looked at their own resources again (Mt. 15:32; Mk. 8:1). Likewise, we all too often try everything we can do first and forget God's supernatural power until all we can do is pray. Many people have missed their miracle because they never took that first step of faith and used what they had. This young lad was certainly credited with part of this miracle for offering what he had. When in need, we should seek God's direction for something to set our hand to, and then trust Him to bless it and multiply the results of our work.”