Episode Transcript
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[00:00:10] Welcome back to another edition of the weekday podcast. We hope you're staying warm and well during the season. We're so grateful we get to connect every single weekday. Pastor Chuck and I absolutely love doing these. If we can ever pray for you, if there's any specific topic we could pray for you about or address on the podcast, just email us@podcast sugarhillchurch.com we well, today I want to read a little bit from John, chapter six. This is from verses five through seven, says Jesus 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? He was testing Philip for. He already knew what he was going to do. So the context here is that Jesus is teaching near the Sea of Galilee and thousands of people gather. They're hungry, they're far from town, and there's no plan to feed them. And instead of immediately solving the problem, Jesus asks a question. Not because he doesn't know the information, but because he wants to reveal something deeper about trust, dependence, and faith. Now, some of the most powerful moments in life begin with that uncomfortable realization that there is not enough. And you can fill in the blank with whatever that not enough is not enough time, not enough energy, not enough money, not enough strength. And so Jesus turns to Philip and he asks a question that he already knows the answer to. Jesus never asked questions to get information. He asked questions to bring revelation. Now, Philip does what most of us do. He runs the numbers. He explains the limits. He names the problem. There's just not, you know, there's not enough. And yet, this is where the miracle tends to start, when heaven confronts our not enough mentality, when the gap between what's needed and what we have feels painfully obvious.
[00:01:50] And here's the quiet hope tucked in this moment. Jesus is not threatened by scarcity. Get that? Jesus is not threatened by scarcity. He doesn't flinch when resources feel too small. In fact, he often steps closest when we're most aware of our limits. So I just want to encourage you today that instead of rushing past that feeling of inadequacy, pause there. Because the place where you feel stretched thin might be the very place that Jesus wants to meet you. So here's a closing question. Where in your life are you facing that clear sense of not enough? What if that place actually is the starting point for something that God wants to do? Have a great day. We'll see you back here soon.
