Sometimes It Is Best To Be Naive

"Therefore, Jesus, lifting up His eyes and seeing that a large crowd was coming to Him, said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, so that these may eat?"(John 6:5).

Hey Gang:  Philip and the apostles didn't have just a bread problem, they had a bakery problem,  a distribution problem, a transportation problem, and a time problem.!  Five thousand men and not a  McDonald's in sight,  no porta potties, and  no artesian wells for drinking water.  What they did have was 5000 men who were hungry, thirsty and had full bladders and not a clue as to how to provide for their needs.  

Now tucked away in this passage of Scripture we find ten words that we need to tuck away deep into our hearts:  "For He Himself knew what He was going to do".   Did that pop a light bulb in your gizzard this morning?  Are you fixen’ to deal with some alligators this day?  Not sure where you are going to get enough bread to feed the problems. Sh....,SH....  quiet, listen to His words again,  "I know what I am going to do".   Sh....,sh.... quiet! The psalmist wrote, "Be still and know that I am God".  (Psa 46:10).

I have a confession to make to you this morning, if I would have had a clue as to the problems that I would face in developing the Village, I would have run screaming into the wilderness and become Kermit the Hermit!

When I told my friends what I was going to do their response was "Ya, sure, and hey diddle diddle and the cat and the fiddle and the cow jumped over the moon.”  From the moment that we turned our lives over to God and said "send us" the roadways looked more like ‘alligator alley’ than the smooth road many think will be our path after we surrender to Christ.  Sorry, Charlie, it just does not work that way.    BUT, in every trial, every conflict, every frustrating experience "He Himself knew what He was going to do". 

Problems yes!  But in each step of the way there was also God's provision.  Paul gave us the good news that "My God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus"  (Phil. 4:19).  

When Jesus was arrested, beaten, and crucified, God knew what He was going to do!

Sooooo, be advised, all you who are heavy laden this morning, God is still the God of miracles, he is still the God who "Knows what He is going to do" in each and every circumstance you come up against and it is through His strength that we "Can do all things"  (Phil 3:13). 

Blessings,

Gramps