Grudgingly, they approached Him with a proposition “Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.”
This was a difficult thing they were asking Him to do because His nature was not to send people away but to invite them in.
They saw a large number of people and failed to see a large God.
They saw a great need and Jesus saw a great provision.
They all looked at the same challenge and saw different solutions.
He said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.” – Matthew 14:16
The twelve wore bewildered looks on their faces as each hoped someone would say something intelligent. For a second they thought He was joking which He rarely did especially in the prevailing circumstances.
They quickly scanned the crowd and saw a young boy with a lunch box. In it were five loaves and two fish. This was just enough for five people but behind them were 5,000 hungry men all staring at the small lunch box with a ravenous desire writhing inside them to grab a bite.
