July 13, 2019
“But he answered, “You give them something to eat.”
They said to him, “That would take more than half a year’s wages ! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?”
“How many loaves do you have?” he asked. “Go and see.”
When they found out, they said, “Five—and two fish.”
Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.” Mark 6:37-44
I recently read a comment about the humanitarian crisis that is occurring along the southern border of our country that caused me to examine my own heart attitude about this situation.
My summary of the comment is, “people fear that the migrants will eat their portion of the pie and that there will not be enough for them.”
I am not taking any side of the political debate surrounding this crisis. But I am asking whether or not, I am and will be, moved by the compassion of Jesus to do something to help people in need.
The passage quoted above is an invitation into participating in God our Father’s answer for this crisis and others such as the plight of Syrian refugees a few year ago.
We as individual followers of Jesus, or corporately as his body, do not have the financial resources to solve this problem. However, there is no lack of any needed resource in the Kingdom of Heaven and we are ambassadors of that kingdom.
Will I take my share of the “pie” and in faith offer it to Jesus that in his hands it may be multiplied such that all may have all the “pie” they need plus left overs?
Blessings,
Kevin