"Jesus the Nazarene ... was a mighty prophet in deed and word before God and all the people." Luke 24:19
"I composed the first story, Theophilus, on all that Jesus began to do and teach until the day he was raised to heaven." Acts 1: 1
Our actions are as necessary as our words. They should even precede them in order to give them weight. So it was with the Lord on earth: his words did not go without his actions.
Now that he is in heaven, his voice still reaches us through the Bible and the Holy Spirit makes us audible. But how does the Lord act ?
We find the example of his "pedagogical" approach in the first multiplication of loaves. This miracle precedes his teaching on "the true bread that comes from heaven", "he who gives life to the world" (John 6:32, 33). The Lord nourished the crowds concretely to enable them to receive spiritual nourishment for their souls.
The disciples made people sit down, then "Jesus took the loaves ; Then, after giving thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated ; So also did the fish, as much as they wished "(John 6: 11). Matthew says : "Then he broke the loaves, gave them to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. They all ate and were satisfied "(Matthew 14:20). The hands of the disciples were the hands of the Lord ; Our hands are his.
It has been said : "This miracle is a spiritual lesson for the disciples of all times. There are always hungry crowds. There are always disciples with seemingly miserable resources. And there is always a compassionate Savior. Whenever the disciples are ready to give him the little they possess, he multiplies it to feed thousands of men. This is true spiritually, but we can also experience it physically. To give the little we have is to place ourselves at our disposal to enable Him to act by our means, to present to God our "bodies as living sacrifices" (Rom 12: 1).
Let us be ready to be the hands of the Lord. We think maybe not fit, but no one is by ourselves. If we are willing to put our hands at the disposal of the Lord, he will know how to use them as needed.
Source (Please the Lord)