WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.640 Gospel of Luke, and we're making our way through Jesus and His mission. 00:00:04.099 --> 00:00:06.219 ! What does it look like for Jesus to be on mission? 00:00:06.780 --> 00:00:11.320 He came to seek and save that which was lost, but we've kind of seen over the last couple weeks 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:15.780 ! That Jesus is kind of taking the training wheels off His disciples, because He's saying, 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:19.359 listen, I haven't been just training you to do nothing, I've been training you to go and 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:20.080 do the same thing. 00:00:20.660 --> 00:00:23.199 Let me remind us today that the mission has not changed. 00:00:23.740 --> 00:00:28.300 That we are to go to share the gospel, we are to go and share Christ to the world, to 00:00:28.300 --> 00:00:31.300 our neighbors, to every nation, and we have that great opportunity. 00:00:31.400 --> 00:00:32.399 There's some great truths here. 00:00:32.460 --> 00:00:33.740 You think, well, I don't have a lot. 00:00:33.820 --> 00:00:36.240 What can Jesus do if I have very little? 00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:38.939 Well, this text is going to help us understand that. 00:00:39.480 --> 00:00:40.960 Now, this may be a familiar text. 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:42.020 It's in all four gospels. 00:00:42.140 --> 00:00:46.079 One of the few miracles besides the death, burial, and resurrection is the only miracle 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:48.820 besides the death, burial, and resurrection that's in all four gospels. 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:50.719 So you found your place there in verse number 10. 00:00:50.980 --> 00:00:53.500 We'll begin reading where the Bible says this, 00:00:53.939 --> 00:00:57.000 And the apostles, when they returned, told Him all that they had done. 00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:02.119 And He took them and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:02.579 Bethsaida. 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:06.560 And the people, when they knew it, followed Him. 00:01:07.019 --> 00:01:13.180 And He received them and spake unto them the kingdom of God and healed them that had need 00:01:13.180 --> 00:01:13.519 of healing. 00:01:14.140 --> 00:01:18.740 And when the day had began to wear away, then came the twelve and said unto them, 00:01:18.859 --> 00:01:24.200 Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns, into the country, round about, 00:01:24.200 --> 00:01:25.880 and lodge and get victuals. 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:29.020 And for we are here in a desert place. 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:31.240 Verse 13, 00:01:31.320 --> 00:01:33.840 But He said unto them, Give ye them to eat. 00:01:34.820 --> 00:01:41.260 And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fish, except we should go and buy meat 00:01:41.260 --> 00:01:42.460 for all this people. 00:01:42.459 --> 00:01:49.339 For when they were about five thousand men, and He said unto His disciples, Make them set 00:01:49.339 --> 00:01:51.459 down by fifties in a company. 00:01:52.139 --> 00:01:54.899 And they did so, and made them all set down. 00:01:55.799 --> 00:02:01.139 Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed them and 00:02:01.139 --> 00:02:04.719 break them and gave to His disciples to set before the multitude. 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:09.080 And they did eat, and were all filled. 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:15.620 And there was taken up fragments that remained to them twelve baskets. 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:18.659 This is one of those miracles that is awesome. 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:24.259 Because when I go to Texas Roadhouse and I break the rolls, they run out very quickly. 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:28.300 But listen, that is us as human beings. 00:02:28.939 --> 00:02:29.840 We are finite. 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:32.979 We do not have the ability to do these things. 00:02:33.060 --> 00:02:34.460 But here's the great truth. 00:02:34.860 --> 00:02:36.159 We serve a Savior that does. 00:02:37.539 --> 00:02:39.300 You say, All I have is a little to offer. 00:02:39.379 --> 00:02:40.199 Well, there's an old hymn. 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:43.159 Little is much when God is in it. 00:02:43.939 --> 00:02:45.379 We have to make sure that we go to Him. 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:46.620 And that we trust Him. 00:02:46.640 --> 00:02:47.280 And we rest in Him. 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:48.620 And that's what we're going to see here this morning. 00:02:49.020 --> 00:02:50.520 So before we do that, let's have a word of prayer. 00:02:50.920 --> 00:02:51.640 And then we'll jump right in. 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:52.939 Father, thank You for this time together. 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:56.699 Thank You for the songs that have reminded us of how good You are to us. 00:02:57.379 --> 00:02:58.939 Lord, we have a story worth telling. 00:02:58.939 --> 00:03:00.659 We have a joy that we can sing about. 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:03.300 So thankful that You're so merciful to us. 00:03:03.359 --> 00:03:05.520 Lord, we do not deserve it. 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:07.939 And Lord, yet You are rich in mercy. 00:03:08.060 --> 00:03:10.500 You shed it abundantly as we read just a minute ago. 00:03:11.379 --> 00:03:13.560 But Lord, I pray You'd be with us now as we come to this moment. 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:16.599 And we've had maybe a long week, a busy week, a trying week. 00:03:17.579 --> 00:03:20.819 I don't know what people I've brought here, brought with them, walked through. 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:22.919 But I know that You know and You care. 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:25.439 And I pray that You would just speak to their hearts. 00:03:25.579 --> 00:03:27.759 Wherever need needs to be met. 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:30.939 Lord, whatever encouragement needs, that You would meet that. 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:34.979 Lord, that we would respond to the message that we wouldn't just nod in agreement. 00:03:35.099 --> 00:03:38.840 But we would take these truths and we would live them out this week. 00:03:39.459 --> 00:03:42.060 Lord, I pray if there's somebody here that does not know You as their Savior, 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:43.979 that today would be that day. 00:03:44.659 --> 00:03:45.459 I pray You'd be with me. 00:03:45.539 --> 00:03:46.560 You would empty me of self. 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:47.959 Cleanse me of sin. 00:03:48.019 --> 00:03:49.060 Lord, fill me with Your Spirit. 00:03:49.519 --> 00:03:51.019 Be a help to these dear people this morning. 00:03:51.099 --> 00:03:52.219 We ask it in Christ's name. 00:03:52.699 --> 00:03:52.939 Amen. 00:03:52.939 --> 00:03:53.819 Thank you so much for standing. 00:03:53.900 --> 00:03:54.240 You may be seated. 00:03:56.560 --> 00:03:57.780 Any optimist in here? 00:03:59.859 --> 00:04:00.740 Any pessimist? 00:04:02.780 --> 00:04:03.859 You don't want people to know? 00:04:04.659 --> 00:04:05.879 Heard a story about two brothers. 00:04:06.060 --> 00:04:08.520 And I've used this illustration before, but it goes well here. 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:13.460 One was a hopeless pessimist and the other was just an incurable optimist. 00:04:13.960 --> 00:04:19.519 And the parents were trying to kind of find some balance in their family between these kids. 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:21.840 And so they took them to a psychiatrist and said, we need some help. 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:23.920 And they said, okay, here's what we're going to do. 00:04:24.340 --> 00:04:27.699 And they placed the pessimist in this room and it was full of toys. 00:04:28.259 --> 00:04:30.840 But instead of playing, he looked at all the toys and he thought to himself, 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:33.580 if I start playing with them, they're probably going to just break. 00:04:33.579 --> 00:04:36.839 And he just sat there and kind of was down on himself. 00:04:37.699 --> 00:04:40.639 But the optimist, they put him in this room and he was placed in a room 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:43.399 and there was just a mountain of manure in the room. 00:04:44.479 --> 00:04:44.839 Yuck. 00:04:46.339 --> 00:04:51.500 And so everyone's shocked when he just started smiling and started digging in this mountain of manure. 00:04:52.259 --> 00:04:53.799 And they're thinking, what is going on? 00:04:53.979 --> 00:04:56.459 And the dad said, son, what are you doing? 00:04:56.899 --> 00:05:01.039 He said, with this much manure, there has to be a pony under here. 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:04.100 And sometimes that's how you look at life. 00:05:04.200 --> 00:05:06.420 And most of the time you're married to that other person. 00:05:06.660 --> 00:05:10.879 And you're kind of a half glass, half full or half empty kind of person. 00:05:11.340 --> 00:05:17.960 And the point is this, is how we see our circumstances often affects how we respond to them. 00:05:18.900 --> 00:05:22.080 We look at a circumstance and maybe you face something this week and you're thinking, 00:05:22.320 --> 00:05:23.320 well, there's just no point. 00:05:23.900 --> 00:05:26.379 Maybe you've decided you're just not going to work tomorrow after last week. 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:27.540 Well, there's no point. 00:05:28.379 --> 00:05:29.200 Y'all awake? 00:05:29.520 --> 00:05:30.520 Trying to see if you're awake here. 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:32.060 But it really does. 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:35.740 How we view the circumstances affects how we're going to handle it. 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:37.160 How we're going to move forward. 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:39.220 What kind of effort we're going to put in. 00:05:39.840 --> 00:05:44.439 And as we've kind of walked through the Gospel of Luke, and really when you walk through all of the Gospels, 00:05:44.760 --> 00:05:49.439 we see Christ always views things with a heavenly perspective. 00:05:50.259 --> 00:05:54.680 He doesn't come to situations like this and the feeding of the 5,000 and say, oh no. 00:05:55.320 --> 00:05:56.259 What's going to happen? 00:05:56.660 --> 00:05:58.120 I don't know what's going to take place. 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:01.220 We've seen him come against the nature and the storms. 00:06:01.300 --> 00:06:03.920 We've seen him come against demons and death and disease. 00:06:04.079 --> 00:06:07.480 And every single time, he takes a heavenly perspective. 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:10.699 He realizes that he is above those circumstances. 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:14.040 And he's been trying to get his disciples to grasp that truth. 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:16.019 That Jesus is the way. 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:17.280 And he is the truth. 00:06:17.399 --> 00:06:18.319 And he is the life. 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:20.659 And he can handle anything that happens. 00:06:21.500 --> 00:06:24.599 But I relate so much with the disciples because they see all this. 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:25.959 And they experience it. 00:06:26.180 --> 00:06:29.060 And the very next time a problem comes, they're thinking, oh no. 00:06:29.779 --> 00:06:30.819 What are we going to do? 00:06:31.379 --> 00:06:32.600 Isn't that like us in our life? 00:06:33.139 --> 00:06:34.360 I mean, we know God's good. 00:06:34.420 --> 00:06:35.439 And we'll hear a song about it. 00:06:35.459 --> 00:06:36.519 And we'll say amen. 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:39.939 But yet, tomorrow, if something comes in your life, you're going to think, oh no. 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:42.159 I don't know if he can handle this. 00:06:42.680 --> 00:06:43.519 But he can. 00:06:44.180 --> 00:06:48.839 And see, the disciples often look through life through just a very ordinary lens. 00:06:48.919 --> 00:06:50.879 Sometimes a very pessimistic lens. 00:06:51.859 --> 00:06:53.819 And that's why Jesus used these moments. 00:06:54.519 --> 00:06:55.919 And he used these opportunities. 00:06:56.319 --> 00:06:58.279 Because the miracle is never about the miracle. 00:06:59.099 --> 00:07:00.139 It's about the teaching. 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:02.359 It's about pointing to who he is. 00:07:02.819 --> 00:07:04.620 Because they were worried about food. 00:07:04.699 --> 00:07:05.439 They were worried about this. 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:06.939 Because Jesus wanted them to understand this. 00:07:07.079 --> 00:07:08.019 I'm the bread of life. 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:11.319 That Jesus is the only one that can satisfy. 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:17.259 So I want us to look at this account and the telling of this story and ask ourselves, 00:07:17.579 --> 00:07:20.680 what lessons can we learn from Jesus here? 00:07:21.300 --> 00:07:22.680 Well, what can we take away? 00:07:22.740 --> 00:07:24.560 What can we apply to our life? 00:07:24.579 --> 00:07:25.759 You're going to love this first point. 00:07:26.439 --> 00:07:29.040 That like Jesus, we should find rest in him. 00:07:30.420 --> 00:07:35.199 How many of you woke up this morning and you thought, I can't wait for my nap? 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:39.620 I mean, I had a couple days like this week when the alarm went off. 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:42.500 I mean, the first thing I thought is not what I'm going to do, where am I going to go. 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:45.980 I'm like, how quickly can I get back into this bed? 00:07:46.740 --> 00:07:47.399 You ever been there? 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:49.079 I mean, we've had a busy week. 00:07:49.620 --> 00:07:51.100 We've had a busy time. 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:57.100 And our text really here, it really comes off the heels of an incredibly busy season for the apostles. 00:07:57.620 --> 00:07:59.339 For Jesus and his ministry. 00:07:59.339 --> 00:08:03.679 And Luke tells us, as we looked last week, that Jesus had sent his disciples out. 00:08:04.179 --> 00:08:05.359 They went on a preaching campaign. 00:08:05.479 --> 00:08:06.979 They were preaching the kingdom of God. 00:08:07.060 --> 00:08:07.599 They were healing. 00:08:07.699 --> 00:08:09.719 They were doing all of these things. 00:08:10.439 --> 00:08:13.139 And no doubt it would have worn them out just a little bit. 00:08:13.539 --> 00:08:14.879 They were exhausted. 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:19.219 But when we kind of piece this story together from the other gospel accounts, 00:08:19.799 --> 00:08:24.419 Mark reminds us that not only were they telling Jesus what they did, but what they taught. 00:08:24.420 --> 00:08:26.740 And we know this from the life of Christ. 00:08:27.080 --> 00:08:30.140 Not everything they taught and not everything they did, people received it well. 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:34.360 Yes, there was good response and people's lives were no doubt changed. 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:38.100 But there was also that idea that when they went out, people rejected them. 00:08:38.860 --> 00:08:40.860 And they scoffed at them. 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:45.980 And see, they're giving Jesus this ministry report there in verse number 10. 00:08:46.620 --> 00:08:48.940 That when they returned, they told him all that they had done. 00:08:49.899 --> 00:08:50.820 Mark tells us this. 00:08:50.860 --> 00:08:53.259 They were so busy, they couldn't even eat a snack. 00:08:53.259 --> 00:08:55.059 Like, I'm a snacker. 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:56.120 I love snacks. 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:59.819 I may only eat a few meals, but I'm going to eat 47 snacks during the day. 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:03.259 Because that's just, it's just biblical, I think, because it's right here. 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:08.779 But Mark adds, he's saying the disciples, like, listen, we were so busy. 00:09:09.120 --> 00:09:10.100 People were coming and going. 00:09:10.279 --> 00:09:11.539 We didn't even have time to eat. 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:13.480 And here's what they're doing. 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:14.379 Here's what the disciples are doing. 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:17.039 They're saying, Jesus, we are peopled out. 00:09:17.919 --> 00:09:18.860 You ever been peopled out? 00:09:19.700 --> 00:09:21.819 You're like, if one more person texts me. 00:09:21.820 --> 00:09:23.700 If one more person calls me. 00:09:23.960 --> 00:09:25.840 And, you know, I don't even want to talk to anybody. 00:09:26.060 --> 00:09:27.660 That's kind of where the disciples are. 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:29.860 They've had a long week. 00:09:29.940 --> 00:09:30.920 They've had a long time. 00:09:31.020 --> 00:09:34.860 I mean, they haven't put themselves out there like that in a long time. 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:36.820 Because usually, Jesus is in the forefront. 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:38.360 And they're just like, yeah, we're here. 00:09:38.740 --> 00:09:40.560 We're just going to kind of do what he says. 00:09:41.460 --> 00:09:42.080 But I love this. 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:43.160 This is what Jesus told them. 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:47.800 He said, come ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest a while. 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:48.820 That's what Mark tells us. 00:09:48.820 --> 00:09:51.620 So, yes, it's a busy season. 00:09:51.760 --> 00:09:53.120 And they're kind of just worn out. 00:09:54.060 --> 00:09:57.540 But Matthew adds another layer that really kind of adds a heavy weight. 00:09:58.180 --> 00:10:02.480 Because while the disciples are out and while they're teaching and doing all the things that Jesus called them to do, 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:04.340 John the Baptist was executed. 00:10:05.520 --> 00:10:08.160 And some of these disciples originally followed John. 00:10:09.040 --> 00:10:10.460 This wasn't just something they heard. 00:10:10.520 --> 00:10:12.480 It was something just heavy in their life. 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:14.500 And they had to deal with that. 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:17.139 And they had to go and they buried John. 00:10:17.220 --> 00:10:19.060 And they came back and they told Christ. 00:10:19.259 --> 00:10:20.740 And just this heaviness. 00:10:20.899 --> 00:10:22.940 There was this excitement of all the things God's doing. 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:25.920 But the reality is that not everybody's going to be for it. 00:10:26.420 --> 00:10:29.080 And that John was executed for preaching the truth. 00:10:30.539 --> 00:10:33.639 And then John, in his account of this, brings another angle. 00:10:34.360 --> 00:10:38.180 That as they crossed the Sea of Galilee, the crowds kept following. 00:10:38.979 --> 00:10:41.219 Because Jesus says, listen, guys, we've got to get away. 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:42.639 We need a little rest. 00:10:42.759 --> 00:10:43.879 I know you're tired. 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:46.500 Let's just go on a little R&R trip. 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:50.539 But as they're going on this R&R trip, people keep following. 00:10:50.659 --> 00:10:50.799 Why? 00:10:50.939 --> 00:10:52.299 Because they need Jesus. 00:10:53.379 --> 00:10:55.179 Because they have needs and they realize this. 00:10:55.279 --> 00:10:56.339 I can't meet him. 00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:58.359 This man probably can. 00:10:59.019 --> 00:11:01.939 And when you really put it all together, here's the scene. 00:11:02.299 --> 00:11:04.779 The disciples are worn out from ministry. 00:11:04.779 --> 00:11:08.779 And Jesus is grieving the death of John the Baptist. 00:11:09.100 --> 00:11:12.459 And the crowd is pressing in, hungry for more miracles. 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:16.279 But Jesus says, before we kind of move forward, here's what we need to do. 00:11:16.500 --> 00:11:18.079 We need to step back and rest for a minute. 00:11:18.839 --> 00:11:20.639 We need to just get alone. 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:22.120 We need to get with the Father. 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:24.139 And really, that's the heart of our Lord. 00:11:24.980 --> 00:11:27.100 That he's both fully human. 00:11:27.199 --> 00:11:27.980 We've seen that. 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:29.159 And he's fully divine. 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:36.259 Hey, the human side of Christ, it felt the weight of the grief and the fatigue and just the busyness of life. 00:11:37.980 --> 00:11:44.279 But being fully divine, being God in the flesh, he was overflowing with compassion for his sheep. 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:48.379 And listen, there's times where we are involved in ministry. 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:49.839 And we're trying to love on people. 00:11:49.899 --> 00:11:51.480 And we're trying to be a witness at school. 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:55.659 And we're trying to be the right kind of co-worker and the right kind of spouse and father and mother. 00:11:55.659 --> 00:11:59.740 But sometimes we just got to find some alone time with the Lord. 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:03.679 Sometimes you have to get up a little bit earlier and spend time with the Lord. 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:06.179 I knew that was going to go over real well. 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:09.879 Maybe you stay up a little bit later and spend time with the Lord. 00:12:10.659 --> 00:12:12.539 But sometimes we do all of these things. 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:13.879 And we're busy, busy, busy. 00:12:14.199 --> 00:12:17.279 And we don't take time for what's really important. 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:20.419 The old pastor, Vance Habner, said this. 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:23.039 If we don't come apart, we will come apart. 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:26.480 Listen, Jesus is for rest. 00:12:27.299 --> 00:12:28.240 We need that. 00:12:28.699 --> 00:12:30.899 Some people rust out because they're not doing anything. 00:12:31.099 --> 00:12:33.459 But other people burn out because they never stop. 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:38.319 We see in the ministry of Christ that many times he pulls back. 00:12:39.179 --> 00:12:40.819 Yes, the needs are always going to be there. 00:12:40.959 --> 00:12:41.959 But here's what he knew he needed. 00:12:42.219 --> 00:12:43.219 Time with his father. 00:12:44.199 --> 00:12:49.879 We're going to see over and over and over in the gospels that Jesus pulled away and went to a mountain to pray. 00:12:50.419 --> 00:12:52.019 That he got alone with his father. 00:12:52.019 --> 00:12:55.600 And the application for us this morning is there is a time to work. 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:56.559 I know you don't want to hear that. 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:58.840 But there's also a time to rest. 00:12:59.539 --> 00:13:00.360 That we need that. 00:13:01.179 --> 00:13:02.759 Listen, rest is not laziness. 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:03.519 It's obedience. 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:06.019 That we have to recharge. 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:09.039 We've got to make sure we're connected to the source. 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:14.179 Because if we're not spending daily time with Christ, if we're not resting in him, here's what's going to happen. 00:13:14.340 --> 00:13:15.639 Your battery is going to run all the way out. 00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:19.379 And it's not going to end up in a good spot. 00:13:19.379 --> 00:13:20.980 But here's the key. 00:13:21.439 --> 00:13:23.000 Here's where rest is. 00:13:23.439 --> 00:13:27.939 We rest in him, not from him. 00:13:29.679 --> 00:13:32.000 He didn't say, okay guys, just go do whatever you want. 00:13:32.179 --> 00:13:34.360 He said, come apart with me. 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:37.000 Come rest with me. 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:39.220 And that's what we have to do. 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:40.779 That's where true rest is found. 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:42.519 Remember what Jesus told us? 00:13:42.839 --> 00:13:46.139 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden. 00:13:46.419 --> 00:13:49.759 And I will give you rest. 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:54.439 Sometimes we think what we're doing restfully is actually making us more tired. 00:13:55.100 --> 00:13:56.559 You ever need a vacation from your vacation? 00:13:57.199 --> 00:13:58.659 Like I'm just going to get away and do nothing. 00:13:58.659 --> 00:14:02.659 And you're more tired coming home from doing vacation than you were before. 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:05.279 Because it's not just always about physical. 00:14:05.419 --> 00:14:06.000 Here's what we need. 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:07.320 We need rest spiritually. 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:10.860 That God wants to renew the inward man. 00:14:11.580 --> 00:14:13.299 And he understood that about his disciples. 00:14:13.580 --> 00:14:16.960 So before we come into this great miracle, he said, listen, let's step back. 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:18.600 Let's just get alone. 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:21.419 Let's just spend some time together. 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:23.399 He knew that's what they needed. 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:29.519 But he also was not under the illusion that the world's needs never stop coming. 00:14:30.580 --> 00:14:31.179 And that's what we see. 00:14:31.299 --> 00:14:33.259 It leads us to the second lesson we can learn from Jesus. 00:14:33.259 --> 00:14:37.259 Because like Jesus, we should have compassion on others. 00:14:38.819 --> 00:14:40.500 I love how Mark describes it. 00:14:40.539 --> 00:14:42.419 Because Mark tells us they get into a boat. 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:46.340 You know, I haven't been on a lot of boats. 00:14:46.460 --> 00:14:47.580 But I enjoy it. 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:50.299 You know, I've been out on Lake Kiowa a little bit. 00:14:50.299 --> 00:14:52.019 And some friends have invited us out there. 00:14:52.139 --> 00:14:53.319 And I'm sitting in the boat. 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:55.139 And there's just a breeze that's blowing. 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:56.759 You know, maybe the sun's setting. 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:58.259 And it's just a beautiful time. 00:14:58.360 --> 00:14:59.580 And you're like, this is awesome. 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:01.600 That's kind of how I picture the disciples. 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:03.259 They're thinking, there's not a motor on there. 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:05.620 So they're probably having to work a little bit, you know, to get there. 00:15:05.700 --> 00:15:07.019 This is kind of a dinghy. 00:15:08.040 --> 00:15:08.759 But they're there. 00:15:08.899 --> 00:15:10.759 And maybe one of them's up on the bow. 00:15:10.860 --> 00:15:12.000 And the wind's in his face. 00:15:12.060 --> 00:15:12.779 And he's like, this is awesome. 00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:13.399 Look back. 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:15.340 Peter's just sawing logs back here. 00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:16.180 He's so tired. 00:15:16.560 --> 00:15:18.340 You know, because he thinks he's the best on everything. 00:15:18.540 --> 00:15:19.220 But he's sleeping. 00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:21.320 I mean, it's just, I want us to picture that. 00:15:22.019 --> 00:15:23.360 And then one of them looks over there. 00:15:23.820 --> 00:15:26.180 And on the shore, there's a bunch of people. 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:28.100 And they're like, that's them. 00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:30.340 And they're just chasing them down. 00:15:30.420 --> 00:15:31.940 They're trying to head the boat off. 00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:33.460 What would your response be? 00:15:34.680 --> 00:15:35.700 You know what mine would be? 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:37.460 You've got to be kidding me. 00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:40.620 Don't act all spiritual like, let's go over there right now. 00:15:40.940 --> 00:15:42.960 They're thinking, I'm off the clock. 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:45.220 I don't want to talk to these people. 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:46.560 Jesus, I'm not really. 00:15:46.680 --> 00:15:48.340 I thought we were going on vacation. 00:15:49.320 --> 00:15:50.759 That's kind of where they're at. 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:53.720 And the crowds, they never stop coming. 00:15:53.920 --> 00:15:55.980 And they just desire, we're going to see in a minute, 00:15:55.980 --> 00:15:57.460 they just wanted to be alone. 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:00.180 And listen, that's human nature. 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:03.100 Sometimes we just want time to ourselves. 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:05.519 You know, some of you moms, I know you're like that. 00:16:05.560 --> 00:16:06.920 You just go lock yourself in your closet. 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:10.320 Yeah, I remember growing up, I was like, where's mom? 00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:12.080 Apparently she locks herself in the closet, 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:13.840 and she has candy in there. 00:16:14.580 --> 00:16:16.960 No wonder she goes and locks herself in the closet. 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:19.200 I'm like, mom, mom. 00:16:20.019 --> 00:16:21.800 I mean, we feel that in our own life. 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:27.620 Just maybe as an employer, as a spouse, as a parent, 00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:29.959 we just think, I just want to be by myself. 00:16:31.620 --> 00:16:34.579 But Jesus, he loved these people. 00:16:35.699 --> 00:16:37.099 He didn't just have compassion. 00:16:37.199 --> 00:16:40.159 Sometimes we have compassion in the sense, oh, God bless them. 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:40.779 You know, we're Southern. 00:16:40.859 --> 00:16:41.620 We say things like that. 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:42.439 Bless their heart. 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:44.399 But we do nothing about it. 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:47.740 But we notice with Jesus, compassion, here's what it does. 00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:49.659 It moves you to do something. 00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:51.879 Look what the Bible says in verse number 11. 00:16:52.560 --> 00:16:54.820 And the people, when they knew it, followed him, 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:57.460 and he received them. 00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:58.460 And what did he do? 00:16:58.639 --> 00:16:59.879 He preached the gospel to them. 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:01.360 He spake the kingdom of God, 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:04.779 and he healed them that had need of healing. 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:10.220 When the disciples, what they saw as an inconvenience, 00:17:10.980 --> 00:17:13.420 Jesus saw as a great opportunity. 00:17:13.420 --> 00:17:20.420 And I just want to remind you and remind myself that Jesus does not view you as an inconvenience. 00:17:21.360 --> 00:17:23.680 Sometimes we think, well, I don't want to bother him. 00:17:23.860 --> 00:17:24.080 No, no. 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:26.700 He says, cast all your cares on me. 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:30.660 And instead of casting our cares on him, we end up burning out. 00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:33.720 But I'm thankful that Jesus had compassion on me. 00:17:34.180 --> 00:17:34.980 How do we know that? 00:17:35.140 --> 00:17:36.360 Look at the cross of Calvary. 00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:40.779 That he came and he gave his life for my sin and for your sin. 00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:44.759 And that's a picture to remind us that we are never going to inconvenience Jesus. 00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:48.599 That we can come and he has compassion. 00:17:49.139 --> 00:17:52.319 And he is not just a shepherd as he saw these sheep. 00:17:52.379 --> 00:17:53.680 He is the good shepherd. 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:55.680 He is the perfect shepherd. 00:17:57.240 --> 00:18:00.220 But what he wants to remind his disciples as they're there, 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:02.279 and what we can take away this morning is this. 00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:05.119 Is God has called us to point others to Christ. 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:10.899 And it's kind of a hard-hitting question, but it's one we've got to think about. 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:14.779 Do we see people as interruptions or opportunities? 00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:17.519 Think about that. 00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:21.399 Because most of the time we're thinking, this person needs to get out of my way. 00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:25.399 Like, can these people not read 15 items or less? 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:31.320 I mean, it's just our human nature. 00:18:31.860 --> 00:18:35.200 Is we see people as a burden, as an interruption. 00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:38.360 And maybe it's somebody at work that always seems to ask for help. 00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:40.880 Maybe it's at home when the kids, you've had a long day, 00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:42.140 and they're always tugging on you. 00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:44.380 And they're always asking questions like, why is the sky blue? 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:45.160 Like, I don't know. 00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:45.780 Google it. 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:49.280 But it just seems like there's always people constantly pulling. 00:18:49.580 --> 00:18:51.440 Maybe it's at church and a guest walks in. 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:53.340 Or a friend walks in and you're thinking, ah, people. 00:18:53.339 --> 00:18:56.359 Listen, it's opportunities. 00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:59.720 Do we see them as burdens or as sheep needing a shepherd? 00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:02.779 That's what Jesus, how he viewed people. 00:19:03.439 --> 00:19:07.019 And he was training his disciples to see them the same way. 00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:13.539 To see them as not as an inconvenience, but as an opportunity to share the love of Christ. 00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:16.579 But compassion alone isn't enough. 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:18.639 Love moves to action. 00:19:19.399 --> 00:19:20.279 And that's what we see next. 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:24.440 We see that like Jesus, we should seek to meet the needs of others. 00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:27.960 This is, I love this verse in here. 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:29.279 I'm glad Luke included it. 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:32.819 Because I always think to myself, man, I want to be like the disciples. 00:19:32.899 --> 00:19:33.519 I want to be like Peter. 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:37.759 But every time I realize, I just relate to them in situations I shouldn't. 00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:38.940 You ever been there? 00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:41.200 Like, not in the great things. 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:43.240 No, here's what the disciples say. 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:47.539 They see all these people as sheep not having a shepherd and they have great needs. 00:19:47.620 --> 00:19:49.279 And here was their plan. 00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:50.559 Send them away. 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:53.120 That's what it says. 00:19:54.019 --> 00:19:55.059 You know, they did all well. 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:58.940 And when the day began and the 12 came to him and said, you know, I don't know how they, 00:19:59.220 --> 00:20:00.960 Lord, we love you. 00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.779 Send these people away. 00:20:03.620 --> 00:20:04.380 I mean, I don't know. 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:06.000 That's just kind of how I read it there. 00:20:07.140 --> 00:20:08.720 That he decided to send them away. 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.980 That's what they wanted to do. 00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:12.960 They said, listen, tell them to get their own jobs. 00:20:13.620 --> 00:20:14.900 Tell them to find their own food. 00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.539 Send them to the country. 00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:17.420 Send them somewhere. 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:19.839 I mean, one of the restaurants has to be open. 00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:21.680 That's the mindset. 00:20:22.660 --> 00:20:24.259 That's what they're telling them in verse number 12. 00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.980 And I love, Jesus just looks at them. 00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:28.440 I think Jesus just lets them say whatever they want to say. 00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:29.039 You know how I know that? 00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:30.500 Because he does to me sometimes as well. 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:34.579 I go to him, I'm praying, and it's like he just lets me say it all. 00:20:34.620 --> 00:20:36.019 He's like, all right, here's what we're going to do. 00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:39.960 The very next verse, verse number 13, he said, let's feed them. 00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:42.279 Hey, tell them to sit down. 00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:43.380 Give ye. 00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:46.319 He tells, hey, why don't you guys feed them? 00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:48.059 Give them to eat. 00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:50.860 I mean, you talk about an outrageous command. 00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:54.599 There's no way they can do this. 00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.819 You turn to John's account. 00:20:57.079 --> 00:21:01.460 Philip's over there trying to count money, and he's determined a whole year of wages isn't going to happen. 00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:06.279 And then Andrew said, well, all we have, I mean, we got nothing except this little boy's lunch. 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.920 And you want us to feed him? 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:10.740 You want us to take care of this, Lord? 00:21:11.100 --> 00:21:13.259 That's not going to happen. 00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:19.579 I mean, simply put, the problem was way beyond their resources. 00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:23.779 But that's exactly where Jesus wanted them to be. 00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:27.539 That's where he wanted them to get to. 00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:30.559 And that's where sometimes we have to get in our life. 00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:34.460 Because, you know, sometimes we think to ourselves, I can handle this. 00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:37.039 You know that we're to pray about everything. 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:39.779 We're to seek the Father's will in everything. 00:21:40.139 --> 00:21:41.619 We're to follow him. 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.920 But you know what we do most of the time? 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:44.759 We call on him when we need him. 00:21:44.879 --> 00:21:46.159 We don't follow him all the time. 00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:48.220 Because we'll look at our bank account. 00:21:48.300 --> 00:21:48.920 We'll look at our time. 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.440 We'll look at this. 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.160 And we'll think, you know what? 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:51.200 I can handle that. 00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:53.200 I can fix that problem. 00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:54.580 I can meet that need. 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:56.160 I don't even have to pray about this. 00:21:56.580 --> 00:21:59.700 I mean, the Lord just, he's going to let me do whatever I need to do. 00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:01.600 And that's sometimes our mindset. 00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:09.040 But God, at times in our life, has to deliberately place us in situations where our own strength is impossible. 00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:11.200 Which is all the time. 00:22:12.340 --> 00:22:14.860 But sometimes it has to be a drastic situation. 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:19.700 You ever been in the middle of nowhere and the gas light comes on? 00:22:21.540 --> 00:22:25.000 I mean, you know, some of you, some of you, we talked, I think we talked about this Wednesday. 00:22:25.100 --> 00:22:27.140 Some of you are like, I can get two more miles out of this. 00:22:28.360 --> 00:22:31.019 Two more miles sometimes is going to put you in a real bad spot. 00:22:31.540 --> 00:22:32.779 Because you're in the middle of nowhere. 00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:34.600 And that's kind of the disciples. 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:37.620 I mean, they're running on fumes already. 00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:39.800 They're trying to send people away. 00:22:40.040 --> 00:22:41.259 They've had a busy time. 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.940 They've had, they're dealing with some grief. 00:22:43.040 --> 00:22:44.460 They're dealing with all these things. 00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:48.200 And Jesus says, hey, why don't you take care of this need? 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:52.700 But as we've seen over the last in Luke chapter 8 and coming into Luke chapter 9, 00:22:53.120 --> 00:22:55.100 Jesus is going to teach them this once again. 00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.700 Only he can satisfy. 00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:59.000 Only he can meet the needs. 00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.880 He didn't call the disciples. 00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:03.600 He didn't say, follow me and I'll watch how you do it. 00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:05.319 He just said, follow me. 00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:07.000 Live like me. 00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:08.019 Love like me. 00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:09.380 Trust like me. 00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:12.059 He is showing them over and over and over. 00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:16.379 Listen, I don't know what needs you're facing right now. 00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:19.220 Maybe you're sitting here this morning thinking, you know what? 00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:20.200 I can handle this. 00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.599 You brought a problem in. 00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:23.720 You've been dealing with it for a couple weeks. 00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.299 You know what? 00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:28.339 If I can do this and I can move some money here and I can pay this and I can do that and I can go here, 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.579 then I'll just handle it. 00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:36.720 But when you face a need, whether it's your family or your finances or at your job, listen, here's the truth. 00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:38.819 They're all a pasture of ability. 00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:41.779 Jesus says, without me, you can do nothing. 00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:46.199 But the problem is sometimes we try to do it ourselves and then we panic. 00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:50.179 But Jesus is just teaching some real basic principles. 00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:50.759 Here's what he says. 00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:52.059 Just start with obedience. 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:56.039 Just do what you can do. 00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:59.240 Because he didn't tell them to do the miracle. 00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:01.720 He's going to tell them, I want you to do a couple things. 00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.940 Tell them to sit down. 00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.579 Tell them to get ready. 00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.619 Tell them to do this. 00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:08.039 And you kind of piece it together through the other gospels. 00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:10.180 But ultimately he's just reminding this. 00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:11.240 Just trust me. 00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:15.420 Maybe when you were little or maybe there's somebody you do trust. 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:17.399 Maybe it's a coworker and you think, is this going to work? 00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.859 Just trust me. 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:22.480 Some people that say that, you're thinking, I don't trust you at all. 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:26.400 Like, I'm going to stand back here because I'm not sure how this is going to end out. 00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:31.539 But when God says that, how do we respond? 00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:34.259 Because that's what he's saying to us today. 00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:38.980 That issue, that problem, that situation in your life, here's what he's saying. 00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:40.799 Just trust me. 00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:43.140 Why don't you give that to me? 00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:45.720 Why don't you let me handle that? 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:49.099 And we're just, we're clenching it with all the strength we have. 00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:50.599 And God's almost like trying to take it out of our hands. 00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:52.179 No, I can do this. 00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:55.619 As we've failed over and over and over again. 00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:58.139 See, the disciples did their part. 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:01.259 He had them sit down. 00:25:02.719 --> 00:25:04.119 They did the instructions. 00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:08.839 They offered what little they had and what little faith they even possessed. 00:25:09.159 --> 00:25:14.019 Because they had to, I just, I wonder what they were thinking when they were going out telling everybody to sit down. 00:25:14.179 --> 00:25:15.579 Hey, I need everybody to get in a group of 50. 00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.079 Why? 00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.639 I don't know. 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:19.079 Just do it. 00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:21.339 You're like, I'm not sure what's going to happen. 00:25:21.659 --> 00:25:22.879 I don't want to get in trouble though. 00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:24.419 So sit down in groups of 50. 00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:26.359 I mean, you've been in a situation like that. 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.859 You don't believe it's going to happen at all. 00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:29.299 But you're just trying to do the things. 00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:30.599 So you can say, I did my part. 00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:34.699 Listen, we just have to have faith as a mustard seed. 00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:36.079 It's not very big. 00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.480 But God can do it. 00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:38.299 And they're out there. 00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:39.159 And they're doing these things. 00:25:39.199 --> 00:25:40.199 And they're getting everybody situated. 00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.939 And they're getting them set down. 00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:47.600 And now Jesus is going to show them what he can do. 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:51.580 With just a little bit of obedience and just a little bit of faith. 00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:58.480 And he teaches us this great truth that like Jesus, we should trust the Father to provide. 00:25:58.480 --> 00:26:00.579 Verse number 16. 00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:04.740 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes. 00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:09.299 And looking up to heaven, he blessed them and break them. 00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:13.339 And gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. 00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:15.299 Verse 17. 00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.299 And they did eat. 00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:17.039 Not just eat. 00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:20.440 And were filled. 00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:26.980 Jesus isn't going to just give you just what you need to get by. 00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:29.279 That's not how he operates. 00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:30.600 No. 00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:33.240 He completely satisfies. 00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:36.380 See, sometimes we treat Jesus like an appetizer. 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.559 We're just going to get a little bit here. 00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:40.420 I just need a little bit on Sunday morning to get me through the week. 00:26:40.580 --> 00:26:40.820 No, no. 00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:42.440 You need all of Jesus. 00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:44.420 You need everything. 00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:46.779 You come here and you get a full meal. 00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:48.840 And you take it with you. 00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.899 Hey, we're going to see in a minute. 00:26:50.959 --> 00:26:51.819 They took a to-go bag. 00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:53.240 We need to take a to-go bag. 00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:55.279 What we learn and what we were reminded at church. 00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:56.919 Because it's going to help us go through the week. 00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.579 Because you're going to face something tomorrow. 00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.319 Or Tuesday. 00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.019 Or Wednesday. 00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.359 Or Thursday. 00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.899 That you're not going to be able to handle. 00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:02.759 And you remind this. 00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.119 You know what? 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.859 God can. 00:27:04.659 --> 00:27:05.839 That I need to trust him. 00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:08.339 And Jesus takes these loaves and these fish. 00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:09.339 And he looks to heaven. 00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.480 And he blesses them. 00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.339 And he breaks them. 00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:14.539 And the disciples begin to pass it out. 00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:16.339 I don't know how this happened. 00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:18.099 I want to see this. 00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:19.980 I wonder if it's just they just keep reaching in. 00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:21.679 It just keeps coming. 00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:23.799 I don't know if they have to go back. 00:27:24.159 --> 00:27:25.240 It's just an amazing thing. 00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.139 They got to be thinking. 00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:26.459 You know. 00:27:26.659 --> 00:27:27.799 I bet they're counting. 00:27:28.219 --> 00:27:28.539 One. 00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.399 Two. 00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.000 Three. 00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.639 They get to 50. 00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:32.240 They're like 51. 00:27:33.139 --> 00:27:33.439 I mean. 00:27:33.679 --> 00:27:35.599 It probably ran out about five or six. 00:27:36.459 --> 00:27:38.059 I wonder what was going through their mind. 00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:38.740 They started looking. 00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.319 I mean. 00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.699 Because they're all. 00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.659 Because they set them in companies. 00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.159 And the disciples. 00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.759 There's 12 of them. 00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.219 They're passing out. 00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.639 They're probably like. 00:27:45.719 --> 00:27:46.699 What is going on? 00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:51.140 And everyone ate until they were full. 00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:53.759 And I don't think it's any coincidence. 00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:56.360 There's no proof per se. 00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:58.319 But there's 12 baskets that remain. 00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:02.059 I think sometimes Jesus got a little sense of humor. 00:28:03.580 --> 00:28:04.000 Hey guys. 00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:04.340 Why don't you. 00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:06.420 Why don't you take one of these goodie bags home to your family. 00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:09.759 Since you didn't even think you could do it. 00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:11.079 I mean. 00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.740 They didn't. 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.039 They think. 00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:12.799 There's no way. 00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.379 Yet Jesus. 00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:16.200 Not only feeds everybody until they're full. 00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.720 And some of these men. 00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.940 There had to be some teenagers in there. 00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:21.259 They were eating 50 loaves of bread. 00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:23.039 And 25 fish. 00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:24.879 And we're getting there in my house. 00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.119 I'm like. 00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.599 What? 00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:26.339 Like. 00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:27.480 We're not eating this much. 00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:29.940 See. 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:31.379 Where the disciples saw scarcity. 00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:32.620 Jesus saw abundance. 00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.420 Where they saw a burden. 00:28:36.560 --> 00:28:37.520 He saw an opportunity. 00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:39.200 To glorify his father. 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:42.740 Maybe God's places in a situation. 00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.260 And we think. 00:28:43.520 --> 00:28:44.700 What good can come out of this? 00:28:44.780 --> 00:28:44.960 Here's. 00:28:45.020 --> 00:28:45.720 Here's what can come out. 00:28:46.340 --> 00:28:46.900 That we. 00:28:47.040 --> 00:28:48.100 We give glory to God. 00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:50.620 Because they couldn't walk away and say. 00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:50.920 Yeah. 00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:51.760 I told you. 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:52.520 I mean. 00:28:52.540 --> 00:28:53.440 I was kind of doubting. 00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.560 But in the back of my mind. 00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:56.100 I really knew it was going to happen. 00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.060 No. 00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:59.280 They were humbled. 00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:01.240 And they realized. 00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:02.160 They didn't trust God. 00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:03.139 As much as they thought. 00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:04.000 They trusted God. 00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.480 See. 00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.299 It's easy to trust God. 00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:07.059 On a Sunday morning. 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:09.259 And hear the song. 00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.940 And say amen. 00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:11.059 And do that thing. 00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:12.180 And agree with the preaching. 00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.639 But what about when. 00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.980 Life happens. 00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:17.079 When you run into it. 00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.660 This week. 00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.359 The truth. 00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.519 Doesn't change. 00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.559 We can still trust him. 00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:23.259 That he can provide. 00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:24.379 That he always provides. 00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.460 And I just want to ask you. 00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:26.200 This simple question. 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:27.940 What are you. 00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.859 Trusting in? 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:31.700 Maybe it's your ability to work. 00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:33.139 Your job. 00:29:33.899 --> 00:29:34.980 Your retirement plan. 00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.559 This situation. 00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.399 Your talents. 00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:38.180 Your health. 00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:38.720 The things. 00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.980 Let me remind you. 00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:42.059 All of that could be gone like this. 00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:45.099 And it's really not what you're trusting in. 00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:47.660 It's who you're trusting in. 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.480 Because there's two options. 00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:50.599 You. 00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.279 Or him. 00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:54.359 I know this. 00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.399 I've let myself down. 00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:57.819 More than I can even count. 00:29:58.700 --> 00:30:00.379 But he has never let me down. 00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:03.139 Now it may not always work out like I thought it should. 00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.839 Or what I was doing. 00:30:03.919 --> 00:30:04.720 But I know this. 00:30:04.939 --> 00:30:07.919 That a little becomes a lot in the hands of Jesus. 00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:11.039 Because the reality is this. 00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:13.819 Your resources are small. 00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.460 They are. 00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.480 You think. 00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:16.779 Well hey. 00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.559 I've done pretty well. 00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.299 And I've saved. 00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:18.720 And I've done this. 00:30:19.439 --> 00:30:20.119 They're small. 00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:23.619 In comparison to the Lord. 00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:25.879 Your strength is limited. 00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:28.659 Even those of greatest faith. 00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:30.019 It really is still feeble. 00:30:31.719 --> 00:30:33.239 But that's the great news. 00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:35.819 That when it's placed in his hands. 00:30:35.959 --> 00:30:38.459 It becomes more than enough. 00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:43.039 That Jesus is more than enough. 00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:46.500 Whatever you may be looking for in this world. 00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.559 To bring satisfaction. 00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.339 I'm going to tell you. 00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.299 It will not. 00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:51.200 But Jesus will. 00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:54.220 And that's why in the gospel of John. 00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.259 He begins to preach. 00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:55.759 He says listen. 00:30:55.879 --> 00:30:57.099 You were here for the food. 00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.859 But guess what? 00:30:57.879 --> 00:30:58.940 You're going to be hungry in just a minute. 00:30:59.079 --> 00:31:00.220 I'm hungry right now. 00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:02.259 I eat breakfast. 00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:03.839 And a donut. 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.379 I'm not sure. 00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.700 A donut's breakfast. 00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.799 But you know what? 00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.960 You're just going to get hungry again. 00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:10.259 And get hungry again. 00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.980 I mean you're already thinking about it. 00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.940 You're thinking right now. 00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.720 Right now you're thinking. 00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:15.579 What are we going to eat for lunch? 00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:18.099 And then at lunch. 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.620 We eat meals. 00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:21.140 Maybe this is just my feeling. 00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:23.220 As we're eating a meal. 00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.539 We're asking. 00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:26.860 What are we eating for the next meal? 00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.519 You know. 00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.539 Sometimes we even go crazy. 00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:32.240 Like what are we going to eat next weekend? 00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:34.019 Like I don't know. 00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:35.700 We're just trying to make it through this meal. 00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.279 You know why? 00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:37.160 Because we know this. 00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:38.740 That this meal that we're going to eat. 00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.799 We're going to get hungry again. 00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:43.399 And maybe you've been trying meals. 00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:45.099 And trying these things to satisfy your life. 00:31:45.399 --> 00:31:45.960 And you just wonder. 00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:47.339 Why am I never satisfied? 00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:49.799 Why am I always empty handed? 00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.879 Why does my stomach. 00:31:51.159 --> 00:31:52.659 My spirit seem so empty? 00:31:52.879 --> 00:31:53.339 Here's why. 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:55.759 Because you're eating things that will never satisfy. 00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:58.519 Only Jesus can. 00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.740 That like this crowd. 00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.480 Here's what we need to do. 00:32:01.639 --> 00:32:02.399 Run to him. 00:32:02.419 --> 00:32:03.240 Because they realize this. 00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:04.599 I don't know what's going to happen. 00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:06.139 But we just want to be near him. 00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:08.440 And the closer you get to Jesus. 00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.900 And the more you follow him. 00:32:10.040 --> 00:32:10.660 You're going to realize this. 00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:13.020 He satisfies every time. 00:32:14.040 --> 00:32:17.140 Oh taste and see that the Lord is good. 00:32:17.800 --> 00:32:19.080 That's what we're reminded. 00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:21.380 And we come to the end of this text. 00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:21.720 And we think. 00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:23.259 What do we take away from this? 00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:26.100 What's the bigger picture? 00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.400 Here's the picture. 00:32:29.800 --> 00:32:31.960 This miracle is not about bread and fish. 00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:34.160 It isn't. 00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:37.079 We always call it the feeding of the 5,000. 00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:38.819 It's not about the 5,000 men. 00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.500 And by the way. 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:42.360 There's probably about 20,000 people there. 00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:44.200 Because most of them probably had their wife. 00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:45.420 And at least one kid with them. 00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.880 This was a massive. 00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:48.340 It's not about any of those things. 00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.039 Here's what it's about. 00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:50.120 It's about the same thing. 00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:51.779 That every story in the Bible is about. 00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.600 Jesus. 00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.940 But that's what it's about. 00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.340 Listen. 00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:57.880 He's the shepherd that sees you. 00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:59.740 He's the savior that died for you. 00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:02.519 He is the provider that can take empty hands. 00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:04.680 And fill them with abundance. 00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:08.759 And so the question for you this morning is this. 00:33:09.120 --> 00:33:11.140 What will you do with him? 00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:13.460 Maybe you brought something here. 00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:14.539 And you're just holding on to something. 00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.819 Maybe you need to come to the altar. 00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.920 And just leave it there. 00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:19.539 Lord, I can't do this. 00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:21.319 I don't have enough. 00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.900 I don't know what to do. 00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:24.759 Will you walk away hungry. 00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:27.539 Clutching the little crumbs of self-effort. 00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.480 That you brought with you. 00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:32.000 Knowing that it won't satisfy. 00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:35.220 Knowing that it's not changing your life. 00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:39.220 Or will you place your life in his hands. 00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:42.759 The same hands that broke the bread. 00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:47.000 The same hands that took the nails on the cross for you. 00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:50.480 It's really where do you want to place your life. 00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:55.240 Maybe you're here today and you've been struggling with just trying to put it all together. 00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:59.460 And maybe you know about Jesus but you never called upon him. 00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:02.420 Listen, today is the day of salvation. 00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:04.599 We all need it. 00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:08.380 The Bible says that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. 00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:10.780 The wages of that sin is death. 00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:16.480 But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ. 00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:19.079 Don't leave this place empty. 00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:22.619 When the bread of life is being freely offered. 00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.800 I'm not the one offering it. 00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:25.659 He is. 00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:27.420 He's offering himself. 00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:30.280 That's what John 3.16 reminds us. 00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:31.740 For God so loved the world that he gave. 00:34:32.740 --> 00:34:33.619 That he offered. 00:34:33.740 --> 00:34:35.420 That he gave his only begotten son. 00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:39.219 That whosoever believes in him shall not perish. 00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:41.139 But have everlasting life. 00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:43.019 That Jesus is the bread. 00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:48.480 God, repent and believe he will forgive you. 00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:49.860 And he wants to give you eternal life. 00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.840 That's why he came. 00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.800 That's his mission. 00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:57.360 But I do want to remind the believers here this morning, the calling is just as clear. 00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:59.699 Because maybe you've been dealing with it this week, Lord. 00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:01.280 I just don't have enough. 00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:03.559 Well, he has more than enough. 00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:06.559 What excuse are you bringing here? 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:10.980 Put what little you have in his hands and watch him do much. 00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:13.280 Well, how do I do that, preacher? 00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:14.460 Live with compassion. 00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.780 See the crowds. 00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.740 See the people. 00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:20.860 Listen, I'm thankful when people see me. 00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:23.000 You know, you go to certain places, you're just a number. 00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:26.559 You go to pull the number, you're thinking, man, they're never going to see me here. 00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.699 How do we see people? 00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:30.559 As an inconvenience, as a burden? 00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:33.380 Listen, there's opportunities to serve the hurting. 00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:35.780 There's an opportunity to rest in him. 00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:40.780 Maybe you just need to get alone with the Lord and just recharge yourself. 00:35:41.600 --> 00:35:43.560 We need to find rest in him. 00:35:44.660 --> 00:35:51.200 And when you do that, you're going to find the same Jesus who fed the thousands with a boy's lunch is still more than enough. 00:35:51.620 --> 00:35:56.260 To meet your needs, to use your life, and to satisfy your souls. 00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:58.920 So I'll just leave you with this question. 00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:12.220 If Jesus could feed 5,000 men plus the women and children with five loaves and two fish, what could he do with your life if you put it in his hands? 00:36:14.060 --> 00:36:15.580 Because he wants to do something. 00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.760 That's what he's teaching these disciples. 00:36:18.140 --> 00:36:19.700 Because you know what he's going to do with these 12 men? 00:36:20.200 --> 00:36:21.940 He's going to change the world with them. 00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:23.260 Why? 00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:24.159 Because of their ability? 00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:25.200 Because of their education? 00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:25.840 No. 00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:28.960 You study the disciples, they are a ragtag group. 00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:30.740 You know why they were changed? 00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:32.159 The Bible says this in the book of Acts. 00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:35.579 Who are these unlearned and uneducated men? 00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.300 But we know one thing. 00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:39.240 They've been with Jesus. 00:36:40.220 --> 00:36:43.320 And it makes all the difference in the world. 00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:45.780 Would you stand with your heads bowed and with your eyes closed? 00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:45.860 Thank you.