In like manner the disciples were to seek blessings from God. In the feeding of the multitude and in the sermon on the bread from heaven, Christ had opened to them their work as His representatives. They were to give the bread of life to the people. He who had appointed their work, saw how often their faith would be tried. Often they would be thrown into unexpected positions, and would realize 141 their human insufficiency. Souls that were hungering for the bread of life would come to them, and they would feel themselves to be destitute and helpless. They must receive spiritual food, or they would have nothing to impart. But they were not to turn one soul away unfed. Christ directs them to the source of supply. The man whose friend came to him for entertainment, even at the unseasonable hour of midnight, did not turn him away. He had nothing to set before him, but he went to one who had food and pressed his request until the neighbor supplied his need. And would not God, who had sent His servants to feed the hungry, supply their need for His own work?

På lignende måde skulle disciplene søge velsignelser fra Gud. Ved at bespise skarerne og i prædikenen om brødet fra Himmelen havde Kristus vist dem, hvorledes de skulle virke som hans medarbejdere. De skulle give livets brød til folket. Han, som havde udvalgt dem til denne gerning, så, hvor ofte deres tro ville blive sat på prøve. De ville tit komme i uventede situationer og forstå, hvor svage de var i sig selv. Der ville komme mennesker til dem, som hungrede efter livets brød, og de ville føle sig fattige og hjælpeløse. De måtte modtage åndelig føde, for ellers ville de ikke have noget at give. De skulle ikke sende en eneste sjæl tomhændet bort. Kristus leder dem til forrådshuset. Manden, hvis ven kom til ham for at finde husly og blive mættet, sendte ham ikke bort, selv om han kom på et ubelejligt tidspunkt. Han havde intet at sætte på bordet til ham, men han gik til en, der havde brød, og bad indtrængende om det, indtil naboen sørgede for hans behov. Skulle Gud, som har sendt sine tjenere for at mætte de hungrige, da ikke sørge for deres behov i gerningen for ham?