John 6:9 - There is a
lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are
they among so many?
When
Jesus asked the disciples to see if the people had any food, they came back
with a less than favorable report. They had found only a boy’s small lunch of
five loaves and two small fish. In the words of the disciple Andrew, “…what are
they among so many?” They should have had more faith in the Master. Instead
they doubted that their small discovery would have made a difference if any at
all.
Because we know the end of the story, we can see the
folly of the disciples’ ways. We can see the harm in refusing to trust Jesus.
But we do the same things. We think that our involvement or actions is nothing
“among so many”. When it comes to voting, church activities, or simply doing
the right thing, we say that our actions are but a drop in a large pond. We seem
to forget that Jesus took a small lunch and multiplied it to feed a huge crowd
with leftovers. He will multiply our actions in that same way. We need not
think our actions too small, Jesus will multiply.
