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John 6:9 It Wasn’t Sushi!

My view from “The Chair” this morning - John 6:9.  I have a secret!  As I read this passage over and over and over I realized something that is literally life changing and I believe we have missed over and over.  Want to know what it is?  It’s so simple it’s easy to miss.  When this boy willingly handed his lunch to Jesus, he surrendered his rights and agenda with his ordinary lunch that was in his hands to Jesus.  His thoughts went from self-absorbtion (I have food and they don’t.  This is going to taste so good!) to outward focused (how Jesus was going to use my simple ordinary lunch to feed everyone).  In other words, he surrendered the lunch that his mom had packed him and allowed Jesus to use it for His kingdom purposes.  The bread wasn’t gourmet seed bread and the fish wasn’t delicious sushi.  His lunch was “Ordinary”.  It was his “normal” lunch.   Yet, his act of surrendering what was in his hands changed EVERYTHING!