You have probably heard about the miracle of Jesus feeding 5,000-plus people with five loaves of bread and two fish, but did you know that He had a second miraculous feeding, this time feeding 4,000 with seven loaves and a few fish? We find this second feeding miracle in both Matthew’s and Mark’s Gospels.

In Mark 8, the crowd had been with Jesus three days, listening to His teaching, and He said, “I have compassion on the crowd.” Notice that compassion came first. Jesus didn’t just see a crowd. He felt their growing hunger and wanted to meet their need

The disciples looked at their very limited resources out in the wilderness where they were gathered and questioned how anybody could be fed in such a desolate place, much less 4,000 people. It’s like they totally forgot who Jesus is and what He already done in feeding 5,000-plus.

Jesus just took their doubt in stride and prodded the disciples to see if they had any bread. They had exactly 7 loaves, which wasn’t enough in the disciples hands, but more than enough in Jesus’s hands. He commanded the folks to sit down and prepare to eat. He took the loaves and started breaking the bread, giving it to the disciples to set before each person.

And along with the bread, there were a few small fish. He blessed the fish, and the disciples started setting them before each person. With just seven loaves and a few fish, everybody was given enough to eat and be satisfied. And when it was, the disciples gathered up the remaining bread. It took seven baskets. Seven loaves had fed 4,000 people, and the extra filled seven baskets. Seven loaves to seven baskets, that’s divine multiplication!

Beloved, that’s the Jesus serve. A little in His hands easily becomes more than enough. In fact, He Himself is the Bread of Life. He still offers Himself and feeds the spiritually hungry until they are satisfied. His compassion on us moved Him to offer Himself, and that offer still stands. He never runs out, and all who will come and spiritually eat of Him will never hunger again.

Will you eat and be satisfied?

Change begins in you!