Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberius), and a great crowd of people followed Him because they saw the signs He had performed by healing the sick. Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with His disciples. The Jewish Passover Festival was near.
When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” He asked this only to test him, for He already had in mind what He was going to do. Happy
Philip answered Him, “It would take more than a half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”
Another of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”
Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
When they had all had enough to eat, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.
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Jesus never takes the accolades. He always gave glory to His Father. He could’ve accepted their praise and been made king, but that wasn’t the mission He had been given. I think sometimes churches try to hard to be recognized. They post pictures and videos of all that they do to impress someone else and let someone else know what all they have done. If we are going to truly follow Jesus…it means just letting our actions and words speak for themselves. It’s about not letting your right hand know what your left is doing. Why? Because when we start to broadcast all we are doing, the focus automatically becomes more about us and less about God.
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