All of the gospels tell the story of Jesus feeding a huge crowd with a miserably small amount of food. It was a miracle. Jesus preformed many other miracles, some of which are not even recorded, but this one the gospel writers recognized as so important all of them make it part of their gospel account.
Matthew records Jesus telling the disciples that they should feed the crowd of people. They are incredulous, hold up the little bit that they have, five loads and two fish, not really even enough for themselves, and suggest that sending the people away was likely the best idea. They feel they just don't have the resources to carry out the task put in front of them.
"Really Jesus? You must be kidding...we don't even have enough for ourselves!"
How often don't we look at the overwhelming needs around us, hear Jesus words: "Feed them" and react in the same way while holding what we feel are meager resources in our hands.
This Sunday we will continue to look at what discipleship looks like in a world where our resources and efforts seem too small to do anything to solve the problems around us.
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