Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）
The General Understanding of the Disciples
Text: John 6:10-11
THE GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISCIPLES
The answers of the two disciples represented the general understanding of the group. Their approach was to assess things from a viewpoint that was limited:
1. Human
2. Practical
3. Monetary
Though not wrong in themselves, they were essentially inadequate. Faith in the Lord had not been given due consideration!
TAKING CHARGE
Jesus took charge of the situation. He gave instructions that must have puzzled the disciples! What was their Teacher going to do next?
“Then Jesus said, ‘Make the people sit down.’ Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted.”
John 6:10-11
1. “Then Jesus said, ‘Make the people sit down’
a. The Lord was a good organizer.
b. His disciples were going to participate in a spectacular miracle.
2. The size of the multitude
a. We often read about “the multitudes” in the Gospels.
b. Here, the men numbered five thousand.
c. And that is not counting the women and the children!
3. “And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks”
a. The giving of thanks for food is natural.
b. Jesus prayed for His Father’s blessing.
c. There was such a wonderful consciousness of the Presence of God.
4. The distribution of the gift of loaves and fish
a. The disciples distributed the loaves and fish to the multitudes.
b. To their astonishment the multitudes were fed- “as much as they wanted”!
Jesus was not limited in anyway, nor by anything. There was nothing too hard for the Lord!
经文：约翰福音 6：10-11
门徒们一般的理解
两位门徒的回复代表了群体门徒一般的理解。他们以有限的观点来评估事物：
1. 人的观点
2. 实际的观点
3. 财务的观点
本质上，虽然这些观点并没有错，但它们却不足够。他们并没有适当地考虑到在主里的信心！
控制局面
耶稣控制了局面。祂所给的指示，肯定让门徒感到困惑！他们的夫子下一步要做什么呢？
“耶稣说：‘你们叫众人坐下。’原来那地方的草多。众人就坐下，数目约有五千。耶稣拿起饼来，祝谢了，就分给那坐着的人，分鱼也是这样，都随着他们所要的。”
《约翰福音 6：10-11》