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This past weekend, we continued our series, “Never Waste A Crisis” by talking about the fact that we all face tests in life. Most of the important ones revolve around a common question ... “Do we trust God or don’t we?” Over the next couple of days, we will revisit three passages (and three tests) that Jonathan discussed in the weekend message. On Friday, we will receive a helpful resource for future tests.


This first passage is a familiar scene in the life of Jesus; but an important test in the life of one of his disciples ... Philip.


John 6
1 After this, Jesus crossed over to the far side of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea of Tiberias.
2 A huge crowd kept following him wherever he went, because they saw his miraculous signs as he healed the sick.
3 Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples around him.
4 (It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration.)
5 Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of people coming to look for him. Turning to Philip, he asked, “Where can we buy bread to feed all these people?”
6 He was testing Philip, for he already knew what he was going to do.
7 Philip replied, “Even if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough money to feed them!”
8 Then Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up.
9 “There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?”
10 “Tell everyone to sit down,” Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. (The men alone numbered about 5,000.)
11 Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people. Afterward he did the same with the fish. And they all ate as much as they wanted.
12 After everyone was full, Jesus told his disciples, “Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is wasted.”
13 So they picked up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with scraps left by the people who had eaten from the five barley loaves.


Have. It isn’t surprising that Jesus would ask Philip where they could get something to eat, he was from a nearby town (check out John 1:44). It also isn’t surprising that Philip would focus on what they didn’t have and conclude that the situation was impossible, we all have a tendency to do that when we are faced with a crisis. Jesus was trying to teach Philip (and is continually trying to teach me) to focus on what he did have when faced with a crisis ... God.