This is the aftermath of the feeding of the five thousand. With five loaves and two small fish, by the power of God, the crowd was fed, and there were leftovers! We live in a culture that conditions us to believe that what we have is not enough. We're told through the marketing machine that what we have belongs to yesterday, and it's time to trade it in. We need more, we need new, and we need it now. So many of us live in this perpetual state of want. We buy and acquire, only to feel let down and feel the need to buy and acquire again. When we are able to be content with the material things we have, we will find that life is not even found in the material. Rather, it's found in the spaces in-between. Remember, God is spirit, and heaven is a spiritual reality. If we want to live a God-filled life that moves closer to the heaven-on earth reality that is coming, we must transcend our dependance on the unnecessary physical things around us. Enjoy them, have fun with them, and thank God for them... but don't base your emotions or sense of well-being upon them. Then you too, will live a life of abundance.
Readings: 1 Samuel 5:1-7:17; John 6:1-21; Psalm 106:13-31; Proverbs 14:32-33
