Thanks

I just got done reading when Jesus fed the five thousand, and something new was revealed to me. Something that right now, in my life, I needed to understand in a new way. As the people around him were getting hungry, and they didn't have enough, only 5 loaves and 2 little fish, and Phillip was already getting nervous, saying how they would have to work for a month to feed all these people, and only just a little. I understand Phillip, I know many times, before I even bring it to God, I am already thinking about the impossible. I begin to worry, and try to figure out how I can make this happen, but it always becomes way to overwhelming. But Jesus began instructing them. The first instruction Jesus gave the people was to sit down. Not to start planning, but just to sit down, as I read that I just began to think that Jesus was telling, don't worry, rest, have peace, know that God will come through. It's not for you to worry about. Then He took the 5 loaves and 2 little fish and thanked God for them, He could of skipped over this part and just asked, and I do believe God would still have come through, but Jesus knew better, He knew God, He thanked Him for what they already had. Yes 5 loaves and 2 fish were not enough for all those people, but He knew what God was capable of, what God could do with little. That God wasn't going to let His people go without. And that God was the one who made the fish, and all the ingredients in the loaves of bread to begin with, and if He could create them, He could also supply them, but first, Jesus thanked Him. He thanked God for what He had already given, and what God was going to do next. I'm sure there was a lot Jesus was thanking Him for in that brief moment, because just like Jesus, we have a lot to be thankful for, even in times of our greatest needs.