In Matthew 14:16 Jesus said to his disciples: “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.”
Yes, our call is not to send the crowds away, our call is to participate in God´s miracle feeding them. Our call is not to avoid the problems, our call is to face them and solve them with the help of Jesus. Are you afraid of that? How can we face challenging situations? How can we solve big problems? How can we overcome pain and sorrow, loss and illness? Where can we find the strength to do all these things? Jesus answers that in the two fish and in the five loaves of bread. Yes, the solution is in what you have with you right now, not in what you want to have. You can only participate and experience the miracle if you are ready to be part of the miracle. Yes, you are part of the miracle, you need to be part of the miracle, you need to go to Jesus with your poor resources, your limited forces, your ill body, your age, your knowledge, your background, your limited time, yes, your five loaves of bread and your two fish. You have to go to Jesus with that and say to him: okay, Lord, I will not send these people away; okay, Lord, I will not avoid facing this challenge; okay, Lord, I will not turn back and ignore this need; okay, Lord, I will not say not to my neighbor or try to ignore the crisis around me. No Lord, I will not do that, I will bring these issues to you and I will bring also my five loaves of bread and my two fish. The disciples had five thousand problems, or maybe more, five thousand men, maybe other five thousand women, and, let´s think, maybe other five thousand children. They had fifteen thousand problems to solve that morning, and they thought that the only solution was to send those problems away. But Jesus taught them that the solution was not to send these fifteen thousand problems away, but to assume that these problems were also Jesus´ problems, and when Jesus is involved in something there is always space for a miracle. Yes, if you invite Jesus to your fifteen thousand problems, and share your only five loaves of bread and two fish solution, then be ready, because you are inviting Jesus to do something extraordinary to solve your extraordinary problem. Comments are closed.
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