15,000 - 20,000

I want you to think long and hard about the last time you celebrated an event with a large meal. Given that it is June, the last time you most likely celebrated something like that was either Easter or a couple graduation parties.

Before I go any further I want you to remember these numbers:

Loaves of bread: # 12
Fish: # 5
People: # 15,000 - 20,000

Think about how much food you needed for that. If you have a large extended family and get everyone together for Easter there is most likely a large plethora of food. I don't know what you have for Easter but when we eat there is an abundance. Definitely more than what you could get with 12 loaves of bread and about 5 fish.

One of my favorite parts about the months of May and June are graduation parties. Free food and lots of company. Most likely, a couple hundred people come to grad parties and there is usually more food than you know what to do with.

So what's the 15,000 - 20,000 number? That is the number of people that Jesus fed with about 12 loaves of bread and roughly 5 fish. I don't know about you but I can't mentally wrap my head around this.

In Matthew chapter 14, Jesus feeds five thousand men. When you add in the women and children, that 5,000 becomes 10,000 -15,000. In Matthew chapter 15, Jesus feeds another 4,000. In both of these instances everyone was full from the food that was provided to them from Jesus. Simply amazing.

In both instances the disciples doubted what Jesus could do. The first time, I understand. I would've thought he was crazy as well. But the second? You would think that they would remember what Jesus did the first time. That wasn't the case.

How often is our faith like that? God does something amazing in our lives and we are absolutely in awe of how amazing God is, and then when something else happens in our lives that isn't so good, we immediately question God like we did the first time.

It's way too easy for us to forget that God has cared for us in the past. No matter what is thrown at us. Somehow we forget...Next time you are faced with a difficult situation, remember how God cares for you and trust him to work faithfully again.

I want you to remember two things about this post. The first is that God is constantly at work in our lives doing more amazing things than we could ever comprehend. Second, God is faithful. His love never fails for you. Everything always works out according to God's plan...not ours.