Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-14
This week
in The Gospel Project® for
Kids, preschoolers will learn about Jesus’ power to provide. Jesus’ disciples
had been working hard, teaching people and healing them. Jesus called them to
go away with Him to a place where they could rest. By now, Jesus’ popularity
was so great that finding a place to be alone was difficult. When Jesus and His
disciples crossed the Sea of Galilee, the crowd of people was already waiting
for them on the other side.
Jesus saw
the crowds. He wasn’t frustrated or angry. He didn’t tell them to go away.
Instead, He had compassion on them because they were lost—like sheep without a
shepherd. Jesus is the Good Shepherd who seeks and saves the lost. (See Luke
19:10; John 10:14.)
The miracle
Jesus performed that evening—feeding
5,000 men plus women and children—is the only miracle during Jesus’ earthly
ministry that is recorded in all four Gospels. God was clearly at work. The
same God who provided manna for the Israelites in the wilderness multiplied
loaves and fish to satisfy the crowd.
But Jesus didn’t intend to only meet the people’s
physical needs. He came to satisfy their spiritual needs as well. By feeding
the five thousand, Jesus provided for the physical needs of the crowd. The next
day, Jesus called Himself the bread of life. (John 6:35) Only Jesus is able to
satisfy our souls by providing forgiveness, friendship with God, and eternal
life.
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