The lad with the 5 loaves and 2 fishes did something so amazing that Jesus honored it, what did the lad do? He showed up!
In any dispensation, in fact in all dispensations, we see a biblical principle of the importance of simply showing up to wait upon the Lord. Anyone can do it, age, physical fitness or economic status have no bearing on showing up. One of the greatest miracles in the Bible, and they are all great, aren’t they, is the miracle of the 5 loaves and 2 fishes.
“There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?” John 6:9 (KJB)
You will notice that this lad is not named, the accounts in Matthew 14 and Mark 6 don’t even tell you there was a lad! He is anonymous – BUT – the work he does for the Lord Jesus, his tiny, little step of faith, redounds to his credit for all eternity!
Study Notes For This Sunday Service
“For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:15-18 (KJB)
“Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.” 2 Corinthians 5:9 (KJB)
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:” 2 Timothy 4:7 (KJB)
3 Things The Lad Did That You Can Do, Too:
- The Lad wanted to see and hear Jesus for himself, so he made a plan.
- The Lad didn’t want to show up empty-handed, so he prepared what he had available to him, and it wasn’t much.
- The Lad showed up, the Lord blessed his efforts, and caused the people to prosper mightily, so much so there was a storehouse left over.
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