You Still Have Room for Improvement!

When Jesus then lift up His eyes, and saw a great company

come unto him, he saith unto Philip,

Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

And this he said to prove him: for he himself know what he would do.

-John 6:5,6

Let;s talk about why this question could have seemed preposterous to Philip and to the rest of the disciples. In John 6:10, we find that there were five thousand men in the crowd that day. This word “men” is not a nonspecific term that includes men, women, and children; rather, it is the greek word andres, which categorically means male individuals. Matthew 14:21 confirms that there were”..about five thousand men, besides women and children.” Jewish tradition would have forbidden the women and children to sit down to eat with the men; thus, we can know that the women and children were seated separately from the men on the mountainside and were not included in the figure of five thousand. So if you take the five thousand men ,five thousand women and five childern for each famliy. Remember , the people of Isreal believed that childern were a blessing from the Lord and tried to have as many childern as possible. Therefore , it is very likely that the number of childern present in that crowd may have been even higher than this estimate of five per family. This makes the figure of thirty five thousand people a reasonble estimate. In fact, it is most likely an underestimation! The point, however, is this: This was not  just a large crowd; a very large multitude of people had walked up that mountainside to see Jesus.

Don”t make the same mistake Philip did when a new problem or challenge arises in your life. Instead of fretting and failing to believe, stop to remember all the supernatural things you’ve already seen Jesus do in your life. Could the solution to this new dilemma possibly be any more difficult than any of the miracles you’ve already seen Him perform on your behalf.

Our confession For Today

I confess that my faith is growing and getting stronger every day. I am thankful for the situations that have exposed my true faith level, for now I can work on improving the capacity of my faith. I know that faith comes by hearing the Word of God, so I purpose to baptize my spirit and soul in the truth of God’s Word  until my faith grows to a higher level than I’ve ever attained before! I want to posses mountain- moving faith, so I determine to press forward with my whole heart and soul toward the goal of increasing the capacity of my faith!

I pray this by faith in Jesus name!

Have a great day everyone and God bless you all!