Love Lesson 15: by turtle

John 6:1-15
1  After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
2  And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were
diseased.
3  And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
4  And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
5  When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip,
Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
6  And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
7  Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them
may take a little.
8  One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
9  There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
10  And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down,
in number about five thousand.
11  And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the
disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
12  When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be
lost.
13  Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley
loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
14  Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that
should come into the world.
15  When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he
departed again into a mountain himself alone.


Christ goes up the mountain to commune with His disciples. A crowd come to where they are. Christ
first concern with for there physical needs. He welcomes them and desires to show them hospitality. He
ask the disciples where they could buy bread for the crowd. He already knew what he was going to
do. Philip says we don’t even have enough money to buy enough bread for this crowd. Andrew
quickly points out a little boy with a basket of fish and bread. He had five loaves and two fish. Now
you and me know a small basket of food won’t last very long in a crowd of five thousand  people.  
So simple put Christ performed a miracle. He began to break the bread and the fish and had his
disciples pass it out among the people. Not only was there enough to eat but they picked up twelve
basket of leftovers.  This meal started with one basket and ended with everyone full and twelve basket
what a miracle that was performed that day. This got the crowd excited. So  Christ depart from them.

Christ compassion just to meet everyday needs in the life of those who believe because of the miracles.
Do we trust Christ to provide for us.  Christ loves us and cares about our basic needs. We only have
to trust Him.  Are we like the crowd when they seen the miracles they trusted in Christ. Or we see the
miracles in our life and say oh it just happened or it is a coincidence. What does it take for you to trust
and believe that God provides for you.


1 Peter 5:7
7  Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

God cares about our every need. Just lift them to Him He is truly concern about us. This is shown in the
compassion Christ had for the crowd. He did not have to feed them but he did, because he cared for
them.
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