Provision

When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming he asked Phillip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?" He asked this only to test him because He already knew what He was going to do. Phillip answered him, "eight months wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite to eat.

Another of the 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 answered, "have the people sit down." John 6:5-10

Here was a need. Jesus knew the answer but asked the disciples what to do. The first missed the answer by a mile, the second came close. He presented Jesus with the seed of the solution.

How many times have we looked at limited circumstances and wondered how to stretch them to cover a great need? Many, many times.

What eyes do we use when we look at the provision? Do we see the seed of the answer? A seed is all we need. A huge oak only needs a small tree.

Jesus had the provision turn up with a little child, the lowest of the lowly. The answer is always there perhaps we need to open our eyes to see what is before us. What is God about to do? Are you ready?