How many loaves?

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When Jesus asks a question it’s not that he doesn’t already know the answer. It’s more likely that he wants us to hear our own answer. In Mark 6:30-44 we read of a familiar story. Here Jesus has fed 5,000 men with the word of God, and next fills them with physical food. They are satisfied with eating from five loaves of bread and two fish.

Now a few chapters later Jesus is again teaching the multitude when he asks a simple question. Jesus asked, "How many loaves of bread do you have?" Mark 8:5a (NCV). There are now at least four thousand men gathered and Jesus queries his followers. What do you suppose he was asking them? As you read the story for yourself, what might you suppose he is asking you? How many loaves of bread do you have? Are you willing to share, so that he may bring forth a miracle? He’s willing to multiply what ever is needed. Perhaps too there will be more left after feeding the hungry than there was before you offered what you have.
"I feel sorry for these people, because they have already been with me for three days, and they have nothing to eat. If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way. Some of them live a long way from here." Jesus' followers answered, "How can we get enough bread to feed all these people? We are far away from any town." Jesus asked, "How many loaves of bread do you have?" They answered, "Seven." Mark 8:2-5 (NCV)
Take a spiritual inventory. Are you ready to answer? Is there bread in your life? What do you have to offer?

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