Before Jesus fed the 5,000 in Mark’s gospel, He told the apostles to do it. They had just healed and cast demons out of people. They had been empowered by their Lord who had just asked them to do another task. Can you imagine how the story would have read if they fed the 5,000 instead of offering up excuses? How might our stories be different when our Lord asks us to do a task and we just do it? We are given everything we need to do what He asks us to do. Think about that next time you hear the Lord calling on you.
Mark 6:37 (ESV)
37 But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said to him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?”