Our Master, Christ Jesus, expected his disciples to be more than just good people. He expected them to be spiritually effective, and he worked diligently to teach them how. One of the important points he made is the need to spiritually challenge limitations.
Finite, limited thinking always states, “Can’t have, can’t be, can’t do.” Its reasoning is based on the assessment of the human circumstances. Jesus helped the disciples understand how to actively counter this oppressive state of thought. In the sixth chapter of John, we read that when Jesus saw a massive group of people coming toward him, he tested Philip’s spiritual sense by asking, “Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?” Philip answered, “Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.” In other words, Philip assessed the circumstances and concluded, “insufficiency.”
Yet Christ Jesus gave thanks and then multiplied the five loaves and two fish, and the people “were filled.” No one did without. The Bible says they took “as much as they would,” and they were all filled, all satisfied.
