A Little Lad, A Little Lunch, And A Large Miracle

II. HE FELLOWSHIPPED WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE: Think about the crowd he was among that day. That little boy was in good company, and so are we if we are saved.

A. Andrew: a witness. He is the one who brings Peter to Christ. He is a witness. He is not prominent, like Peter. He is not the center of attention, like John, but he is always bringing someone to Jesus. He is the one who had been talking with this lad. Thank God for somebody who talked with me as just a boy about Jesus You didn’t have to be someone prominent or important for Andrew to tell you about Jesus; he wanted to tell everyone about him. It was Andrew, along with Philip who is also featured in this story, who brought the Greeks to see Jesus (John 12:20-22). He was a witness. When you fellowship with a witness of Christ, like Andrew, you are in good company

B. Philip: a preacher. Philip had been a disciple of Jesus for all of two verses (John 1:43-44) before he was preaching to Nathaniel saying “We have found him ” What a blessing to be this little lad in the fellowship of the men of God like Philip. As a child I sat at meals with such great preachers and grew up among it and didn’t even know then how to appreciate it. Oh, but I do today.

C. The Believers In Christ: the church. This little lad was privileged to be among those standing on a hillside following Jesus. The world said: they are in a desert place; they are hungry; they are sick and needing a miracle; they are weak and pitiful; and they have nothing to eat among all of them but a few hush puppies and a couple fish sticks, but the world can’t see what God is going to do Stay among the church. Stay with God’s people. It may seem dry, deserted, difficult sometimes, but the flesh cannot see what God is about to do But Jesus already knows (v. 6)

III. HE FORGOT ALL HIS PASSIONS: Think about this... where are all this little lad’s friends? There were not a host of children there with sack lunches, just this lad. It seems as if he was the only one his age who really wanted to follow Jesus like this. Young people, hear me It seems as if he was the only one who had left off his other pursuits, but he was also the only one who got to be used in this great miracle God will reward you for serving him, even if you are the only one

A. He Forgot Fishing: you ever thought that this lad may have caught these two puny fishes himself? Very little is more appealing than fishing to a country boy about 12 years old. This kid may have been fishing, caught a couple little fish, and left the creek bank to go with God.

B. He Forgot His Friends: Back at the creek a little band of buddies were gathered with fishing lines saying that this lad was REALLY missing out, but he was where Jesus was. As a 13 yr old boy, I left the creek bank. I left my buddies I was sitting with and responded to the call of God to be saved. They sat on the pew, but I went to the altar. A few months later, I left them even further behind when I surrendered to the call of God to preach. Most of them remained my friends. Some of them got saved. Many of them would see me at 15-18 years old and say, “Man, you are missing it. You wouldn’t believe what a good time we are having.” My flesh would want to go with them, but my spirit hungered inside me to be with Jesus, even if it was in a desert place. Then, he would bless me. Some Friday night while my friends were in the world, God would send a miracle for me preaching some revival or youth meeting.