ADVANCE KA BA MAG-ISIP?

A personal reflection on today's Gospel John 6:1-15

Philip was in for a surprise.

Jesus was performing great signs and miracles that day. This attracted a big crowd of around five thousand and that was counting the men only (John 6:10). Philip’s surprise came in a form of a question – “he said to Philip, ‘Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?’” (John 6:5)

NANGYARI NA BA SA IYO IYAN? NAGDASAL KA SA DIYOS PERO PARANG BINALIK NIYA ANG TANONG SA IYO?

That question must have shocked Philip. Maybe he was not ready to give a reply. If I was Philip I would have ask Jesus – “Lord, ikaw ang boss. Ikaw na bahala” or “Di ba ito bring your own baon?” :)

Philip’s reaction was more logical than mine. He made a mental calculation and replied “Two hundred days’ wages worth of food would not be enough for each of them to have a little” (John 6:7). In short, eto ang sagot ni Philip – “IMPOSIBLE!”

Palagay ko tama naman siya. Feeding five thousand right at that very moment would take a miracle. But there is one point that we need to remember. Imposible yan kung tao lang ang kausap ni Philip. But Jesus was not. Jesus is both man & God. And we know that “with God all things are possible.” (Mark 10:27)
Kaya pag parang imposible ang sitwasyon mo, ang tamang reaksyon ay umasa ka sa Diyos. The right reaction is to rely on God. Because verse 6 says that – “He (Jesus) said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do.” (John 6:6)

Jesus knew all along what HE had to do. Advance SIYA mag-isip. He was miles ahead of Philip. Actually, way way way ahead. Jesus did a miracle that day & everyone was fed. Busog lahat sila at sobra pa.

"And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, "Gather up the fragments left over, that nothing may be lost." So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten." - John 6:12-13

There are times in our life when we also encounter something that catches us by surprise. We questioned God. We try to give our own solution or answer. We worry. We panic. We forget that He is God. Relax.

Don't say IMPOSSIBLE. Instead, in faith, declare that "with God, ITS POSSIBLE!

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