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September 2014

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Thankfully there was one disciple there that day who did, at least, hear Jesus’ question. It was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. As he was thinking about where they could buy some bread, he saw a young boy who was working as a vendor selling bread and fish to the people. The little fellow had already sold almost all he had but Andrew brought him to Jesus anyway and said, “There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?” (verse 9). Andrew was on the right spiritual track when he did that. He actually had listened, and responded to Jesus’ question. But he quickly got sidetracked again when he started thinking about the limited resources before him instead of his unlimited God. Andrew, like Philip, got caught up in thinking about the problem, instead of keeping his attention focused on Jesus. Get Involved in a Miracle Interestingly enough, Jesus didn’t even reply to Philip and Andrew. He didn’t respond to their concerns at all. They hadn’t really listened to His question or grasped what He’d been teaching them. So He didn’t have anything to say to them. Remember that the next time God doesn’t seem to be answering your questions or addressing your concerns. Maybe it’s because you haven’t been paying attention to His WORD. Maybe it’s because you’ve been so busy thinking about and reacting to your problems that you’ve failed to listen to (and act on) what He’s already said to you. If that’s the case, He doesn’t have any grounds on which to communicate with you. That’s the position the disciples were in that day. But Jesus didn’t leave them there. Instead He gave them one simple instruction: “Jesus said, Make the men 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 to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would” (verses 10-11). ***article continues on page 23**** *************************** Follow Us on Twitter for timely words from Kenneth and Gloria twitter.com/CopelandNetwork BVOV : 21

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