12 As the day declined, the Twelve said, “Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the farms or villages around here and get a room for the night and a bite to eat. We’re out in the middle of nowhere.”
13-14 “You feed them,” Jesus said.
They said, “We couldn’t scrape up more than five loaves of bread and a couple of fish—unless, of course, you want us to go to town ourselves and buy food for everybody.” (There were more than five thousand people in the crowd.)
14-17 But he went ahead and directed his disciples, “Sit them down in groups of about fifty.” They did what he said, and soon had everyone seated. He took the five loaves and two fish, lifted his face to heaven in prayer, blessed, broke, and gave the bread and fish to the disciples to hand out to the crowd. After the people had all eaten their fill, twelve baskets of leftovers were gathered up.
Jesus commanded his disciples to feed five thousand people by using five loaves and two fish. He blessed the people and fed the people, and with twelve baskets of leftovers after the feeding. Jesus has compassion on people no matter they are believers or not. He continues to heal, to feed, to liberate, to transform, and to proclaim the message of the Kingdom. His divine life satisfied the hunger of the people he met.
My Lord Jesus, I know that you today continue to do your work through us. Get rid of all our unbelieving heart, faithfully serving you and trusting in your good will and power in feeding the hungry people (spiritually, emotionally, and physically), healing the sick by prayers, proclaiming the message of kingdom, and demonstrating power and presence of Jesus through preaching your words, living a kingdom life, and praying for this fallen world. With Jesus' blessings, five loaves and two fish become a miracle for feeding people's hungry life.
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