How's your faith ...

I am interested in the passage recorded below which recalls the account of the "Feeding of the Five Thousand". There is the challenge that Jesus presents, that they (He and the disciples) might be able to take care of the crowd with a meal, feed them, remember, over 5,000 of them.

Then there is the realism of Philip who recalls what that would cost and how little money they had to achieve that goal.

But, and I love this one, Andrew comes forward and presents the virtually impossible probability that all these people and five loaves and two fish. Even though he questions this himself. Here's the thing for me, if you didn't even remotely believe that there was some possibility of resolution, some inkling of a miracle, I don't think you would even make presentation of such a meagre offering to such a large issue. Thus I reckon we have evident here some amazing display of faith.

So here's the question again - "How's your faith?"

John 6:1-16 (New Living Translation)

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

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.

14 When the people saw him do this miraculous sign, they exclaimed, “Surely, he is the Prophet we have been expecting!” 15 When Jesus saw that they were ready to force him to be their king, he slipped away into the hills by himself.