There was a crowd of people around Jesus till late in the day. He felt sorry for them and asked the disciples to make a plan to feed them. They thought the idea was crazy.
They could only find a young boy with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. Jesus was able to feed 5000 men (woman and children not counted) and there was still 12 baskets left afterwards. (Matt 14:13-21)
A bit later in His ministry the crowd was hungry and the disciples could only find 7 loaves of bread and a few small fish. Jesus was able to feed 4000 men (women and children not counted) and there was still 7 baskets left. (Matt 15:29-39, Mark 8:1-8)
A while later the disciples had to get to the other side of the lake and when they were in the boat, they realised they only had one loaf of bread between them. (Mark 8:14) After experiencing above miracles, did they really worry about how they were going to be fed? Haven’t they learned anything?
What do you think the disciples should have done? Should they have waited to get to the other side so they could get something more / else to eat? Maybe use the delay for a time of fasting. Should they have reminded themselves of the miracles Jesus has done earlier and trust that He will do another miracle? Should they have blessed the bread and prayed to God to multiply the bread? Should they have thanked God for what they’ve got and start handing out bread, trusting that, as they brake the bread, it will multiply?
What did they do? Mark 8:16 says they spoke amongst themselves and said ‘it is because we have no bread.’ But in Mark 8:14 they said they have one loaf, but now with all the discussions the one loaf evaporated into no bread. What happened to the one loaf? Nothing, but they dismissed it as something insignificant, because in their minds they can’t do anything with one loaf. But Jesus can feed them with one loaf. But to tell you the truth… That is us in a nutshell.
We have experienced miracles in our lives, but every time a new challenge or storm happens, we go into panic mode and our faith is being tested. We try to keep our eyes on the Lord throughout the storm, but most of the time we don’t succeed. We dismiss the small blessings in our life, like the one loaf, but with Jesus all things are possible. He can take this one blessing of ours and multiply it in a supernatural way. In the hands of Jesus, the small we disregard can turn into a miracle.