Most of us are familiar with the miracle of the feeding of the 5,000. But allow me to zoom in to the young boy with the five loaves and two fish.
Jesus could have easily prayed for food from heaven. He is the same God who fed the Israelites manna from heaven for years. But He didn’t do that.
Instead He chose to involve a young boy in His orchestration of a miracle. Here was a boy with his lunch who was probably hanging out close enough to Jesus and the disciples that the disciples noticed he had food. Imagine a crowd of 5,000 men, their wives, and children, so we’re talking about at least 15,000 individuals! How did the disciples spot this boy among a crowd of this size? Could this little boy have stayed close because he was especially curious about this Jesus that all the adults were talking about? I wonder.
