Today, this is the same Jesus who provides everything we need in life and for eternity!

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Jesus was and still is a miracle worker! In John 6: 1-15; we see the miracle of the feeding of the 5000 men, not including women and children. This crowd was following Jesus, and Jesus ministered to them. He turns to the disciples and asks how we can feed this crowd.

We read in verse 5-6, “Turning to Philip, he asked, “Where can we buy bread to feed all these people? He was testing Philip, for He already knew what He was going to do.” Jesus knows the answer before He asks the question. Jesus was testing Philip to see his level of faith, trust, and obedience. God will also test us so that we will know our level of faith, trust, and obedience in our spiritual journey.

The disciples come to Jesus and tell him, “There’s a boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. BUT what good is that with this huge crowd?” They had little faith, little trust when it came to Jesus. They were forgetting about the miracle worker who was in their presence!

Jesus took the loaves and blessed them, broke them, and gave them away. Then he did the same with the fish. Verse 11 tells us – “And they all ate as much as they wanted.”

Think about the amount of food required to feed at least 5000 men! It was the size of a miracle, because there were leftovers of 12 large baskets of food. One for each of the 12 disciples! Can you imagine the impression that this would have on them?

Today, this is the same Jesus who provides everything we need in life and for eternity! The greatest miracle is His death and resurrection, and that Jesus would save me from all of my sin, and bless me over and over again!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Pastor Ronald Squibb has been the International Christian Center (ICC) Lead Senior Pastor at State‎n Island, New York, since 2011. He draws on many experiences from his over 40 years as a pastor and from significant emotional experiences.

His new book, Following the Journey with Jesus, which he co-authored with Daniel McNaughton, was recently published and is receiving rave reviews. The daily devotion appears in this publication.