God's Plan for Poverty
In the feeding of the 5000, we see Jesus intentionally reveal an aspect of His character and insight into His priorities as He purposefully places His disciples in an uncomfortable situation that apparently seems contrary to their portion. As the hungry crowd amasses, I can only imagine that the attendee's spirits are satiated by the rich teaching of Jesus as He clearly laid out mysteries that had been unknowable for millennia. But the disciples had become good managers of the Messiah and in efforts to tend to the needs of the people at hand, they suggest that Jesus send them to look for something to eat. This was a perfectly sinless option, yet Jesus always had eternity in mind. His heart was to reveal a transcending theme that was to mould their culture and He cornered them into impossible to prove just that. His words still ring through my mind as I empathize with what the disciples were feeling and thinking in that moment of wanting to meet needs but obviously not having the m...