He said this to test him.

John 6:5-7, Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.”

Like Philip, we are quick to see limits and impossibilities. Perhaps we are being tested to trust in Him who is the author of possibilities? “What is impossible with men is possible with God.”

Open our eyes to see what is possible with You, Lord!

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