Hunger Truth Exposed:

In Matthew 14 we read about the feeding of the 5,000 (which was probably closer to 15,000).  That’s a whole lot of hungry people and crying children; they were hungry, not only physically but also spiritual.  The disciples wanted to send them all away, but in verse 16 Jesus says something astonishing: “. . . YOU feed them.”  With what …... 2 measly fish and 5 small loaves of bread?  I think they missed the point.  Of course, physical food is important, but he was training them for something more, to feed them spiritual food.  We tend to forget that with God little is much, and that Messiah is the Lord of Increase.  What happens in the O.T. in the natural happens in the N.T. in the spiritual, and the gospels are still O.T.  Jesus blessed the meager meal giving glory to his Father, and then the disciples shared the reward.  In the same way, when people are spiritually hungry, if we are sincere and willing to be obedient to the Lord, he will take our meager offerings and multiply them exceedingly.  What God blesses, God increases.

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