11 And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples[a] to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, "Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost." 13 Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten. 14 Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, "This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world."
15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.
Comments:
Now that Jesus had allowed the disciples to demonstrate their lack of faith, He was now ready to show them that when He is in control anything is possible and there is never any need to doubt. He even continues to use them in His plan; having them pass out the bread and fish. He could have easily distributed the food without them but instead He allowed them to participate in the miracle, which in turn allowed them to grow spiritually.
There is so much that could be said about this miracle, about this wonderful display of Christ's grace and provision that I could never touch them all. The things that I take away from it the most is: one even though the people had His purpose all wrong He still cared about them; two, God's grace is never used up, in fact when He works you end up with more than what you started with; and three, God is faithful to accomplish His will even when our faith falters.
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