The Boy who gave his lunch to Jesus.
Story passage Ref: Luke 9:10-17.
Memory Verse: It is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts 20:35.
Have you given anyone anything of your own, candy or cookie to your friends or siblings? Jesus said that it is more blessed to give than to receive. it means that giving makes you happier than receiving. When we give we serve God. Today we are going to learn about a boy who served God.
The news about Jesus spread all over Galilee, how he made the blind see, the deaf hear and the cripple walk. So people came from far away to see Jesus and hear him teach. But mostly wanted to see the miracles he performed.
In Galilee there was a boy who had heard this news, and he too, wanted to see Jesus. One day he heard that Jesus was holding a meeting somewhere by the lake of Galilee, not far from his home. He asked his mother that if he can go to the meeting where Jesus was preaching to a large crowd. his mother agrees and decided to give lunch to the boy, if the Boy feels hungry he can listen while eating so she packed five loaves of bread and two roasted fishes In a bag to eat.
AT THE MEETING:-
The boy could see the large crowds of people from afar; there were about five thousand men plus women and children. The boy never had seen such a crowd of people before. However, he wanted to see Jesus as close up as possible. At first he only heard his voice. Then he forced his way through the crowd and finally got a good place to sit near Jesus.
The meeting went on for hours. Jesus spoke of the kingdom of God, and he healed all who were sick. The boy saw many miracles. When the evening came the disciples went to Jesus. And said to him. “Send the crowd away that they may go into the town and get food to eat.” But Jesus said to them “you give them something to eat” The boy know that there were no shops nearby perhaps they did not have money either disciple answered and said Eight months wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!
Then the boy remembered his bag of food, the five loaves of bread and the two fish. He did not have courage to go to Jesus. Then he saw one of the disciples, Andrew who seemed to be a gentle man, the boy went to him, touched his clothes and showed him his bread and fish. Andrew took the boys lunch and gave it to Jesus Now Jesus told his disciples “Have the people sit down!
The boy looked at Jesus, surprised. What was Jesus going to do now? The disciples made the people sit down in the groups of fifty. The boy wondered how Jesus was going to feed them, for those five loaves of bread would not be enough for all of them. His eyes were fixed on Jesus when he took the bread and the fish he blessed them. Then Jesus broke the bread into pieces and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the crowd. Also the boy got his share though he almost forgot to eat it because of his excitement. After the people finished eating Jesus ordered the disciples to gather the leftovers. The boy was even surprised when he saw that they filled twelve baskets. All these people were fed by this five loaves and two fishes. “When mother hears of this she will not believe it!” And what more important and wonderful is he had been able to help Jesus to perform this miracle.
Dear children ,we too can serve God by giving what we have. Jesus Wants us to give ourselves to him so that he can use us in his work. In this way we can bring joy and blessings to many people.