One common tendency that is noticed among many of us is the ‘tendency of limitation’.

We tend to think in a limited and restricted manner.
>> We tend to limit ourselves to our inadequacies and narrowness.

But God, always, loves to challenge us to move beyond such boundaries and borders!

Yes, human beings tend to think in a limited fashion…
… but God loves to expand our possibilities.
>> Human beings tend to get bogged down by boundaries…
… but God loves to throw open our horizons.

The Gospel of the day is a clear illustration of this expansion of human horizons and possibilities, through the miracle of the feeding of loaves.

Jesus is with His disciples and huge crowd.
>> They are once again in a situation of having a want of feeding this huge multitude.

It’s interesting to highlight the patterns in the attitudes of Jesus and the disciples.

Jesus sees the hungry crowd and His heart moved in compassion…
>> The disciples saw the hungry crowd and probably their minds were moved in tension!

Jesus expresses His concern and care to feed the hungry crowd…
>> The disciples express their frustration and urgency to send the crowd away at the earliest!

Jesus foresaw the possibility of immense fulfilment and satisfaction in the deserted area…
>> The disciples got stuck with seeing only barrenness and emptiness in the deserted area!

Jesus moved in action, to enquire about the possibilities of feeding the people…
>> The disciples groaned in inaction at the plight of having to feed the people!

The disciples concluded impossibility by their mathematical calculations…
>> Jesus concluded possibility by His Divine calculations!

The disciples saw only the desert…
>> Jesus looked beyond to find an oasis in the desert!

How often are we too like the disciples…
… limited in our thinking
… restricted by our inabilities
… stuck by our mental calculations

But Jesus invites us, like He did to His disciples…to look beyond…
.. to look at Him who can shatter every obstacle and barrier!
… to look to Him who can expand every horizon and possibility!
… to look to Him who can turn deserts into pools and hills into highways!

Let’s positively respond to this challenge of the Lord and  moving beyond the ‘tendency of limitation’…
… seek to, instead, build a “trend of deeper faith and trust”

God Bless! Live Jesus!