Monday... But we really want to have the answer.

John 6:6:(NLT), "He was testing Philip, for he already knew what he was going to do."

Monday... But we really want to have the answer.

We may be in a situation and a problem comes up and someone asks what we should do and we so much want to have the answer. There is such exhilaration in having the answer. And we so many times are so quick to have an answer.

Now Jesus and his disciples were in a very difficult situation. John 6:5 says, "Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of people coming to look for him. Turning to Philip, he asked, 'Where can we buy bread to feed these people?'" And that was a very realistic problem and question. Now of course many of us would have an answer. I would probably have a list of answers but that wasn't Jesus purpose in asking the question but we want so much to have the right answer.

Could some of us be in a situation right now where we so much want to have the right answer? It would make us feel so good but the right answer just doesn't seem to be there and we feel so worthless.

But Jesus had a different purpose behind asking the question and that may be the reason why he hasn't given us the answer. And there is also no way for us to have the right answer. Now we have so much confidence in ourselves to the point that we in no way think that we don't have what it takes to have the right answer.

But here is what John says in John 6:6, "He was testing Philip, for he already knew what he was going to do." There are some times when God is asking us a question and he wants us to have the answer. But in this situation he was the only one to know the right answer. The answer was way above theit ability but they did in some ways show some initiative.

Verses 8-9 (NIRV) says, "Another of his disciples spoke up. It was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He said, 'Here is a boy with five small loaves of barley bread. He also has two small fish." He gave this impossible answer but he didn't want to look foolish so he said, "But how far will that go in such a large crowd."

Yes, we may have the potential answer but we also don't want to look foolish so we save ourselves but God may be testing us.

So what are some of our answers in what we are going through? And also what are we saying to protect ourselves?

Verse 6 in The Message says, "He said this to stretch Philip's faith. He already knew what he was going to do."

We may not know but God does. He may be stretching our faith.

By the way, Jesus fed over 5,000 people with those loaves of bread and two fishes. And there were leftovers.

We have three situations going on in our lives right now. One it seems the answer is coming but the other two seem impossible. So we must take the one that is being worked out and stretching our faith in the other two. But we really want to have the answer. But God wants us to have the faith and step out and do what we do know to do.

Verses 5-6 in The Message says, "When Jesus looked out and saw that a large crowd had arrived, he said to Philip, 'Where can we buy bread to feed these people?' He said this to stretch Philip's faith. He already knew what he was going to do."

So that is our answer. He already knows what he is going to do and it is way beyond what we could ever think! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Monday... He did it by Himself

Isaiah 44:24b (AMP), "I am the Lord, Maker of all things. Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself." Monday... He did it by Himself. Many have a tendency to think very highly of themselves and what they can do. Oh we do have great ability but we are not the source. Yes it is important to have self-confidence but we are limited. The prophet Isaiah in 44:9-10 (NLT) says, "How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god - an idol that cannot help him one bit?" Now later in verse 24 (AMP) he writes, "For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says, 'I am the Lord, Maker of all things, Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself.'" I love that. "By Myself." Now we do need confidence but we are foolish to ma...

Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...

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