From His Hands

“Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.” Luke 9:16-17

Jesus sent the disciples out to preach and do miracles. When they returned, He took them aside into the wilderness to rest. However, it wasn’t long before the people found out where Jesus was. They flocked to the desert to see Jesus, to hear Him teach, and to be healed. As the day wore on, the disciples asked Jesus to send the multitude away; but Jesus had a different plan. Jesus told the disciples that they should feed the multitude. They said that they didn’t have enough food to feed such an enormous crowd (the text says that there were about five thousand men). He instructed the disciples to have the people sit down in groups of 50. He took five loaves of bread and two fish, blessed it, and then began breaking it into pieces. He gave the pieces to the disciples and they distributed the food to the people. The people came to hear Jesus that day because they were spiritually hungry, but they were soon physically hungry as well. Jesus miraculously fed the entire crowd. As He broke the pieces of bread and fish, there continued to be more left until every person was filled. That day, the need of each individual was met directly from the hands of Jesus. To me, this is a beautiful picture of the way He meets our needs today. We still receive everything we need directly from His hands.