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This story takes place while Christ was on earth. He and his disciples were trying to find a quiet place to rest but suddenly they saw a crowd coming towards them. Jesus took pity on them and he begin teaching them the word of God. The crowd was sooo hungry to learn more that the sun begin to set and they barely noticed! The disciples were hungry so they came to Jesus and told him to let the crowd go so that they can go somewhere in town to find something to eat. but Jesus told his disciples to feed the crowd with what they already had! They had 5 loaves of bread and two fish! Jesus prayed on the food and begin feeding the crowd with what they had. The whole crowd ate to the fullest! They were no longer hungry.
You may ask yourself why am I telling you a Bible story? Well let me tell you something although this story took place many years ago but it showed us how much Jesus cares about people, can we say the same about the current governments all around the world ? Is everyone eating until they’re full? Some people don’t even know when their next meal is coming. If we look at Gaza where the human condition and the situation of living is dire! People are dying as we speak, they have no food to eat, no shelter, no clean air and they are living in fear. But God made a promise to all of us! He promised to wipe out all the injustice in revelation 4:21 it states “And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.” Those are not fairy tales those are true words and God never lies if it is written in the Bible it will happen !
Imagine how the world will be like under the domination of Jesus Christ. There will be a time Jesus will rule the world with his father God. I personally cannot wait until the end of this world for a new way of living. Based on the story I gathered 2 important points.
- Jesus know we don’t only need the spiritual word we also need food and material things to survive because if he didn’t know our needs he wouldn’t have fed the crowd he could have simply sent them away and go about his day but he didn’t ! He fed them after he taught them the word of God. Which showed me that with God ruling over my life all my needs will be met even if I don’t know how but God will always come though and make a way for me.
- Make do with what you have. They only had 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. Jesus could have easily said they don’t have enough let’s leave! But no he turned it to God and prayed on the food! And all their needs were met. Often times I may worry about my current situation but every time I pray and gave it to God immediately I feel better and I always find a way out.
God knows you need a car, a roof over your head, a job that will pay for your bills and food to eat. He will not only help you find a way to have those things but he will also protect you in your journey. God can open doors for you, lead you to meet the right people, to hear the advice that you need to hear. Turn to God. Pray to him and give him all your troubles for it states in Philippians 4: 6,7 ( do not be anxious about anything but in EVERYTHING by PRAYER and SUPPLICATION along with thanksgiving let your petition be known to God and the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your heart)
This is my favorite verse ! It has a lot of meaning!
- As someone who struggles with anxiety this verse helps me to feel less anxious and to lean on God when it gets overwhelming.
- Tell God everything that is wrong in your life but also thank him for everything he has already done for you
- He promised to provide peace once you open up to him almost as if he’s telling you “ don’t worry I got this” and almost immediately you feel that your situation is not so bad.
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