Now the Passover, a Jewish festival, was near. 

So when Jesus looked up and noticed a huge crowd coming toward him, he asked Philip,  "Where will we buy bread so that these people can eat?"

He asked this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do.  Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread wouldn't be enough for each of them to have a little,"

John 6:4-7 CSB

A denarii is about a day's wages, so he's calculating about 7 mths income needed. That's a lot of money for bread.

That's a lot of people.

An overwhelming number of people.

Maybe 200 denarii was what the disciples had between them or maybe Philip was just good at math.

But the thing is that he'd missed Jesus question.

Jesus asked about where the bread was going to come from.

Philip went straight to the cost and how its too much.

They were on a mountain somewhere.

There was no source of food 

When faced with what seems overwhelming, I go with what I know to figure it out, and can miss Jesus message: 

"The answer is me".

You won't find what you need in the things of the world around you.

Philip didn't want to say to Jesus:

"I have no idea. 

I need your help"

But we can.

#gospelofjohn

#jesusatthecentre