Is Jesus Enough

I recently talked with a friend who told me they had just had a big day at their Church. He said it was all great except for one thing and that was that they ran out of food. It does not matter whether at Church or at home we seem to run out of things no matter what it is; food, money, time, luck…… As I was thinking about running out the Lord brought this fact to my mind. You will quickly remember the time where Jesus fed 5000 plus people with 2 small fish and 5 barley loaves and then had 12 baskets full left. Which brings to mind that Jesus is enough no matter what? But there are some interesting facts that you don't hear preached about. Have you ever stopped to realize that there are 4 versions of this event; one in each of the four Gospels. What is strange about that is that this is true of no other of our Savior's miracles. We have not four records of Christ's birth, or of His baptism, temptation, transfiguration, or ascension, or of a single one of His parables, prayers, or discourse. We do have four records of His agony in the garden, His trail and condemnation, His death, burial, and resurrection, and His Great Commission. What is so amazing is that Jesus takes so little and makes so much; beyond those disciples wildest imagination. Jesus did three things

#1- He Saw Mark 6:34
And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people,

When Jesus saw much people, He also saw their needs. Many things go on in our lives and we don't know how it will all work out and the natural thing is for us to work it out ourselves, and if we can't…well we can always ask God to. Is that the way it is supposed to be?
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Too many times we trust in self instead of our Savior.

#2- He felt and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

Not only did Jesus see He also felt what these people were experiencing, but He felt deeper because He knew they had no shepherd. What does a Shepherd do? He leads his sheep! Now why were these people here? John 6:2
And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. These people were following Jesus in hopes they would see Him do something on a blind man or lame man or whatever but none the less Jesus loved them, for He knew what they needed. It was not to see Him perform another miracle but it was to have Him the great High Shepherd in their lives.

#3- He Acted Mark 6:37
He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat.
He gave them something to eat for He knew you can't teach hungry people spiritual things when all they are thinking is where and when we are going to eat. It would have been a miracle if each one of those people got just one bite; but Jesus went much further than that. These people had all they could eat John 6:12 When they were filled There was plenty he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

John 6:13
Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
Can I tell you that Jesus is more than enough. The problem is not with Jesus but with you and I. Too many time we do like Philip and Andrew John 6:7
Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

John 6:8
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,

John 6:9
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
We look at our resources {two hundred pennyworth and five barley loaves and two small fishes} and say it is just not enough. But what we fail to do is pray and watch God work. When we do that there will not only be plenty but there will be leftovers.