You think Jesus was the first to one to feed a lot of people with a little bit of food? Turns out that the famous miracle of feeding the 5000 was less of an original and more of a remix.

Jesus takes the tracks laid down before him — the beats of Moses and the bass-line of the prophets like Elisha — and adds the full melody of the divine.

This divine symphony is the one that provides our daily bread, but also says that we can’t live on bread alone (see Matthew 4:4 and Deuteronomy 8:3), but by God’s word.

We can join in with a harmony of our own, using our share of life, love, and wealth to feed the poor and clothe the naked. Our tune is part of a song that is bigger than us, and when we listen for God’s song, we can play along.

By Chris Suehr from D365