"…  we  ..."

When we look at the miracle where Jesus fed 5,000 men with 2 fish and 5 barley loaves miracle,

Jesus already knew what He was intending to do (Jn. 6:6).

Nevertheless, Jesus told Philip “Where are we to buy bread, so that these may eat? (v. 5)

Here, I meditated on “we” that Jesus said.  In the midst of this, I got couple of insights: 

1. Among “us” (v. 5) was Philip who said “not .. enough” (v. 7), and Andrew said "...  but how far will they go among so many?” (v. 9)  In one word, they both said ‘We can’t.’  But among the “us”, Jesus already had in mind what He was going to do (v. 6).  In other words, ‘I can’t, the Lord can’.

2. Although ‘I can’t, but the Lord can’ Jesus use 2 fish and 5 barley loaves of a boy whom Andrew brought and did 2 fish and 5 barley loaves miracle.

The lesson this fact teaches me is that even though I have little and I cannot do much and so on,

I must offer whatever I have to the Lord just as I am.

The reason is because Jesus used the boy’s 2 fish and 5 barley loaves

even though He is almighty God who didn’t have to use those 2 fish and 5 barley loaves.  

And when we think of the fact that Andrew has found the boy among the 5,000 men

and brought him to Jesus, we can’t help thinking about our responsibility.