by Kenneth Copeland
The Limitless Power of
GOD GOD NEVER PLANNED FOR YOU TO BE AT THE MERCY OF THIS WORLD’S FINANCES. HE PLANNED FOR YOU TO BE A SOURCE OF THOSE FINANCES.
He intends for you, as His child, to be a BLESSING by bringing to this limited world the unlimited resources of your heavenly Father. Me? you may think. I don’t have enough money to fully meet my own needs—much less be a BLESSING to others! No doubt the disciples had similar thoughts when a hungry crowd of more than 5,000 people needed to be fed and Jesus turned to them and asked, “Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?” (John 6:5). I imagine they were stunned by the question. They probably wondered why Jesus would even ask it. After all, He knew they didn’t have the kind of money it would take to buy dinner for such a multitude. What could He possibly be thinking? Actually, the Bible tells us exactly what He was thinking. It says, “This he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do” (verse 6). Jesus already had a plan from God. He didn’t ask 1 6 : B VOV
the disciples where they were going to buy bread to feed the crowd because He didn’t know what to do. He knew exactly how He was going to feed those 5,000 people. This was a test to see what the disciples had learned from Jesus. He had been teaching and training them. They’d been watching and listening to Him and knew His basic methods of operation. So, they should have had some idea of what He was going to do.
Who Are You Listening To?
The disciples, however, didn’t pass the test. Instead, Philip jumped up and said, “Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little” (verse 7). Philip’s answer proves he never really heard Jesus’ question. Jesus didn’t ask how much money they had. He didn’t say anything about money. He
