Five thousand men and then some. The end of the day. Everyone is hungry. The disciples tell Jesus to send the crowd away to go buy themselves food in the villages.
Jesus says to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.” (Matthew 5:14-16)
You give them something.
I wish they had said “Okay.”
This is the ending I pretend: Disciples looking around to see what resources they do have. Disciples bowing their heads and praying, “Lord, umm, a few loaves of bread and some fish? Can you do something with this to meet an ocean of need?” Disciples passing out bread and fish. Passing it out and passing it out. One thousand fed. Two thousand fed. And so on and so on. Laughing out loud as they just keep handing it out. Because it’s ridiculous what God just did with the nothing they had. Now that’s a good story.
What does Jesus ask you to do that’s ridiculously huge and for which you know you are inadequate?
You do that.
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