John 6:8,9

 John 6, 8 and 9, one of his disciples, Andrew Simon peters's brother, said to him, there is a boy who has five barley loves and two fish, but what are they for so many? 

Here we see Andrew, who found a boy having five loaves of bread and two fishes. The boy would have brought it for himself to eat, but he was prepared to give his lunch to Jesus. 
The problem they faced was how to meet the needs of such a vast crowd of people four solutions were proposed. 

First, the disciples suggested that Jesus sent the people away get rid of the problem, but Jesus knew that the hungry people would faint on the way if somebody did not feed them. 

Second solution came from Philip in response to our Lord's test question, where do we buy bread so that these people may eat?  His answer was raise enough money to buy food for the people. Philip counted the cost and decided they would need the equivalent of 200 days of wages of one person, and even that would not provide food enough to satisfy the hunger of all men, women, and children. Too often we think that money is the answer to every need. 
The third solution came from Andrew. He found a boy who had a small lunch, two little fish, and five barley cakes. Once again, Andrew is busy bringing someone to Jesus, which he had been doing, though Andrew does not have a prominent place in the gospels. He was apparently a people person who helped to solve problems. Again, this did not solve the problem. 

The fourth solution came from Jesus and it was the true solution.  We will see it later. 

The twelve looked at the supplies they had and said, no way. The basic problem with the first three responses is that they looked at what they possessed and failed to look at Jesus. 
They did not remember what Jesus did at the wedding of Cana, where they witnessed. his creative miracle where He changed water into wine. 

Are we with problem today? Let us look to Jesus. 


Prayer

Let us pray. Heavenly Father, I thank you that every problem has an answer in you oh Father. Lord, we are facing problems. 
We are in difficult situations, but we know that you are our answer. We commit these problems to you in Jesus name, I pray amen.  God bless you.