An Unexpected Miracle
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Imagine her packing 5 small barley loaves and 2 small fish and handing them to her young son. Probably not yet a teenager, the boy was anxious to go and join the crowd following Jesus. She would have had no idea what a life-changing event this would be for her son as he left to join the crowd of onlookers.
The story of the miracle of the feeding of the 5000 is a familiar one. It was an exciting time 2000 years ago when great crowds of people followed Jesus because they saw miraculous healing of the sick. (John 6:1-14)
When the crowd became tired and hungry Jesus asked what food they had available. That young boy’s lunch was used in a miracle that we still read today.
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I wonder if the boy’s Mom was in the crowd that day. A mother would have been concerned about the heat and the long day. She would have insisted her child eat the lunch she had prepared. She would want her child nourished. When Jesus asked his disciples about feeding the crowd would she have drawn the little boy back as he stepped forward to offer Andrew his own lunch? Mother logic could possibly have blocked a miracle.
The little boy did step forward. He did offer his small lunch to the disciple of Jesus and the rest is history. Even Andrew wondered how so little food could even make an impact with this large crowd. Yet a miracle awaited. Jesus took the boy’s loaves, gave thanks and had them distributed to the crowd of over 5000!
Imagine the exciting story that boy went home with! There had even been twelve basketfuls of leftovers. The little boy must have been changed forever as he saw his small resource used greatly in the hands of Jesus. What a miracle!
As moms, it is often easy to let logic try to over-ride the sometimes-radical faith of our children. It’s been our job to stabilize, rationalize and energize our children as they have grown. To release them to be Jesus followers is not always easy. Sometimes it will look to us like they are giving up the very thing they need. Trusting Jesus with their hearts and their lives is what we are called to do.
“Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these” (Luke 18:16).
Father God, thank you for recording this amazing little story for all time. Thank you for the hidden lesson of the mom who let her son go to follow Jesus. Help me today to release my children to You, whatever their ages, so that I might not hinder any work You are doing in their lives. Hold my mother heart in your hand. In Jesus’ name I pray, amen.
Questions: Why do you suppose Jesus frequently used children to help to demonstrate who He was? What was the purpose of the miracle of the feeding of the 5000? What miracle has Jesus performed in your life recently?
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Jesus used children because of their trusting nature, willingness and purity. The purpose of the feeding of the 5000 was to show that little becomes much in the Jesus’s hand! He has provided for me for two and a half years as I job hunt to no avail every day and still remain confident that he will open doors for me in His timing!! God be praised.
I have seen the hand of God in my life recently. My life has generally been difficult with being jobless most of the time. I have a small family of a son and my husband, but my husband has not been very supportive when it came to life’s necessities, and whenever I asked for anything he would say I go look for Job. He says his work is to pay rent and buy food which is sometimes not enough. Recently, I got a job while five months pregnant, and its a big miracle to me, I do not know what to say but I shall keep on thanking God my creator forever…Amen
children believe and follow blindly without doubting their parents. In using children i believe he is trying to show us the way to respond in blind faith all the time.