Feeding multitude - Learnings from 7 Loaves and few fishes

In Today's bible reading we have specific learnings on how to live like Christ.

1. Three days crowd had followed him, Jesus says "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat"

2. He says "If I send them starving they may collapse midway as
Some of them were from Far off places" See the concern of people who had been with him. Collapse as in, Tired.... We can assume that three days of fasting! Or even we can assume that they might have had some food but was not enough.

3. Only a few days before Jesus had fed 5000 with 5 Loaves and 2 Fishes. Yet the disciples question him, how could we get bread for all? yet Jesus did not rebuke them. He was searching for that mustard seed faith. He asks " How many do you have?" they replied "Seven" they did not reply, Seven which could barely be suffice for 13 of us.

4. Once Jesus asks disciples to make people sit in groups, as an act of faith, they made them to sit. They did not question "How and from where bread would come" Act of faith is seen here

5. Jesus takes the loaves and gives thanks to the LORD. See here, Jesus is the creator of Universe. (John 1:3) He has seen the feeding of the multitude from the father, just as he has told in John 5:9. Still he gives thanks to the LORD.

6. Not to get that pride that Jesus did, he gives Thanks to the LORD. This is a very important lesson we need to learn from Jesus.

7. Collecting of crumbs. What would they do with left over crumbs? No one could eat with that. In another situation Jesus says "Bread meant for children should not be given to Dogs"

Another important message is blessing is always in abundance. However we waste the blessings given to us. How many times we have wasted food? We fight with other state, nation for water, but waste the rain water without storing or conserving. wasting quality has not changed in us.

Dear child of God, understand that we shall live with every word that cometh out of LORD's mouth. So never think that there are waste verses anywhere in Bible. LORD has kept them for a reason.

May LORD bless you