Abundance< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>

John 6:1-14

In obedience and thanksgiving, there is abundance. At the feeding of 5,000, Jesus asked His disciples not to let the people go away with an empty stomach. It was a desert area, a place that can never produce enough supply for the demand that was at hand. John 6:5, ÒJesus asked Philip, where shall we buy bread that these may eat?Ó JesusÕ disciples informed Him that a lad has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many? You wonder how your pressing needs will be met. What you have on ground can never make up for what you need. You have ended up in a desert area. With Jesus there is a way out and nothing is absolutely impossible to the maker of all things. Jesus turned the lack into abundance. John 6:10-11, ÒThen Jesus said, make the people sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted.Ó There was obedience in the peopleÕs response, and there was a thanksgiving offering unto the Lord for the little (five barley and two small fish) that became much. Thanksgiving thanks and the peopleÕs obedience resulted in abundance from five barleys of bread and two fish. John 6:12, ÒSo when they were filled, He said to His disciples, gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.Ó In a desert ground; at late hour; they sat, they gave thanks, they were served, and they became satisfied. Your lack will be converted into abundance; exercise genuine thanksgiving and obedience according to His direction.