These Chapter verses have a Spiritual lesson for us
The feeding of the 5,000 shows us God Will sufficiently supply us with the provisions we need when we put our full trust in Him -----
Did the Disciples understand this -----not so much ----Jesus Tests philip here by asking him --
He said to Philip, “Where will we buy bread for these
people to eat?”
Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii (200 days’ wages) worth of bread is not enough for each one to receive even a little.
So did Philip who has already witnessed Jesus performing Miracles ---trust that Jesus could do the impossible ----Multiply much from little ---Don't think so ----Philip's Spiritual insight was was veiled ----He was calculating with his human intelligence and relying on and trusting that to say this was an impossible task -----
We have to let Go of our Human Will and yield to God's Will ---God will never give us more than we can handle ---
Disciple Andrew now sees like a different story ---he brings to Jesus attention that there is a boy with a 2 piece fish dinner ---------but he is still skeptical about the situation ----
as he says --but ---what are these for so many people ----
So Andrew was acting on his Faith that was imparted to him by Jesus ----as God's Faith always requires a positive response ---bringing the fish dinner to Jesus attention was that positive response ----
but he is still skeptical in his trust about the situation ----
as he says --but ---what are these for so many people --
Humor here --DR Phil says that when you say a positive thing and then say ---BUT ---you have just reversed the positive statement into a negative one----So Andrew has the right Faith but is not displaying his Spiritual insight in his trust that Jesus can use this small dinner to fed the crowd -----
This is important for us to get as so many Christians have their Spiritual insight veiled still ---they may Believe in Jesus but not Trust that what He says will come to pass in our lives ---
Our Problems are never to large or difficult for Jesus to guide us to a victorious end if we let the problem go and trust in Christ's guidance ----
We see Andrew obeying the command Jesus --gives him ----so obedience is key here --do what Jesus is telling you to do -------
Jesus then Gives thanks to His Father for this gift of a 2 piece fish dinner appearing --
This is important as we who are God's Children are to thank God for everything we have as we only have it because of Him ----
Through giving thanks ---the Miracle happens and all are fed and much is left over ----
Be thankful with the little and much will be provided -----God has boundless generosity to give out to His Children --
The boy who gave up his dinner shows us the importance of giving and trusting that God will multiply it ----the boy made a sacrifice to feed others -----and God fed 5,000 with his sacrificial giving and the boy had more that he could eat and probably took some home -----