John 6:10-11 “And Jesus said, Make the men sit down, now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about 5,000”
I want to focus on a key phrase in this scripture, “Make the men sit down”. Before Jesus’ multiplied the loaves and the fish, why did Jesus tell them to sit down? Because He was positioning them to provide for them. Rest always precedes provision.
Where did Jesus tell them to sit down? Where there was “much grass”. The place of rest is the place of abundance. The Bible says that Mary sat down to hear Jesus. In Psalm 91:1 it says that “he that dwells (sits down) in the secret place of the Most High…”
If you’re worried about your future, stressed out, trying to figure things out, or fearful, Jesus is saying to you today, “sit down”. Rest in the finished work on the cross. Rest in the promises of God’s Word. Feed on God’s Word as a sheep feeds on grass, much grass. When you “sit down’ and rest in God’s Word, the provision comes. And not just a little…like the fishes and the loaves, He will multiply what’s in your hand, and there will be a surplus left over!
