When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus what they had done. Then He took them with Him and they withdrew by themselves to a town called Bethsaida, but the crowds learned about it and followed Him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.
Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to Him and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here.”
He replied, “You give them something to eat.”
They answered, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish-unless we go and buy food for all this crowd.” (About 5,000 men were there.)
But He said to His disciples, “Have they sit down in groups of about fifty each.” The disciples did so, and everyone sat down. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
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The disciples tried to tell Jesus what to do…and He quickly reminded them of who He was. How many times do we find ourself trying to tell God what to do and how it should be? We tell Him a situation would be better if this happened. We tell Him if He would just do this we would be more faithful. We tell God…the Creator of the world who is all-knowing, all-powerful, and Holy what we who do not know all things, are only given power through Jesus, and blend in the world most days…think should happen. Do you see the problem there? Today, let’s stop talking and start listening. Let God remind us today of who He is.
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