He feeds, He knows and I believe

John 6

1Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), ²and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick. ³Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. ⁴The Jewish Passover Feast was near.

⁵When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?" ⁶He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.

⁷Philip answered him, "Eight months' wages^{a]" style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em; ">[a]} would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!"

⁸Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up, ⁹"Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?"

¹⁰Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them. ¹¹Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.

¹²When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, "Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted." ¹³So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

¹⁴After the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus did, they began to say, "Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world." ¹⁵Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself

John 6:26

²⁵When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"

²⁶Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. ²⁷Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval."

²⁸Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?"

²⁹Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."

The 40 hr famine started last night and I guess part of this whole experience for me was to at first just get it over and done with. There wasn't a very spiritual aspect to this for me until I decided to have a peek at what the daily verse was on bible gateway was. Much to my surprise and pure Godness (if thats even a word), it was a line in John 6:29 " The work of God is this, to believe in the one he has sent" I guess it got me thinking about what this whole idea of the 40 hr famine and the principle of it all meant and should mean. For me, I think this famine should be a physical form of surrender to His work and what His plans are for the people that are suffering from poverty and starvation. These people are still God's people and lets face it, we are only that little boy with 5 loaves and 2 fishes. We have nothing much to offer but maybe this little token of love and money to show to those that are suffering that there are people who care, there is a God who cares and maybe there is hope. This poverty stricken world might only be a test for us as the five thousand was a test for the disciples back then, a test for us to carry out His love in a practical way and to trust in Him for He already has in mind what He is going to do. John 6:5-6

So, lets take this serious love seriously and show it practically and if you do want to sponsor me generously and help out people lovingly who are deprived of food and of love just give me a holla :) God bless