Dallas Jenkins

And he felt just as clearly as my wife had felt God putting her into the story of the feeding 5,000, he felt God putting it on his heart. Tell Dallas it's not his job to feed the 5,000. It's only to provide the loaves and fish. And he said, no, I barely know Dallas. That's a very condescending thing to say to somebody who's clearly— Well, and a strange thing.

And he felt just as clearly as my wife had felt God putting her into the story of the feeding 5,000, he felt God putting it on his heart. Tell Dallas it's not his job to feed the 5,000. It's only to provide the loaves and fish. And he said, no, I barely know Dallas. That's a very condescending thing to say to somebody who's clearly— Well, and a strange thing.

And he felt just as clearly as my wife had felt God putting her into the story of the feeding 5,000, he felt God putting it on his heart. Tell Dallas it's not his job to feed the 5,000. It's only to provide the loaves and fish. And he said, no, I barely know Dallas. That's a very condescending thing to say to somebody who's clearly— Well, and a strange thing.

Right, right. Contextless. Yes. So he wrestles with that and doesn't want to do that and thinks ultimately, well, God won't let me off the mat. He keeps pressing this into me, so okay. I'm going to share this with Dallas. It's four in the morning back there anyway, so he won't see it for a while anyway.

Right, right. Contextless. Yes. So he wrestles with that and doesn't want to do that and thinks ultimately, well, God won't let me off the mat. He keeps pressing this into me, so okay. I'm going to share this with Dallas. It's four in the morning back there anyway, so he won't see it for a while anyway.

Right, right. Contextless. Yes. So he wrestles with that and doesn't want to do that and thinks ultimately, well, God won't let me off the mat. He keeps pressing this into me, so okay. I'm going to share this with Dallas. It's four in the morning back there anyway, so he won't see it for a while anyway.

And of course, he gets this immediate response and informs me that God had been pressing it on his heart to tell me that. So two things happen. Number one, it all hit me in that moment. Like, I understood what he meant, and that's what you're asking. So in the story of the feeding of the 5,000, Jesus could have said,

And of course, he gets this immediate response and informs me that God had been pressing it on his heart to tell me that. So two things happen. Number one, it all hit me in that moment. Like, I understood what he meant, and that's what you're asking. So in the story of the feeding of the 5,000, Jesus could have said,

And of course, he gets this immediate response and informs me that God had been pressing it on his heart to tell me that. So two things happen. Number one, it all hit me in that moment. Like, I understood what he meant, and that's what you're asking. So in the story of the feeding of the 5,000, Jesus could have said,

Assuming you believe the story and you believe all the stories of the miracles that he performed, he could have manifested loaves and fish from nothing. And he could have fed 5,000 people, and the loaves and fish could have just emerged in their laps. But he says, I need food. Someone bring me some food. Bring me something. And a boy brings five loaves and two fish.

Assuming you believe the story and you believe all the stories of the miracles that he performed, he could have manifested loaves and fish from nothing. And he could have fed 5,000 people, and the loaves and fish could have just emerged in their laps. But he says, I need food. Someone bring me some food. Bring me something. And a boy brings five loaves and two fish.

Assuming you believe the story and you believe all the stories of the miracles that he performed, he could have manifested loaves and fish from nothing. And he could have fed 5,000 people, and the loaves and fish could have just emerged in their laps. But he says, I need food. Someone bring me some food. Bring me something. And a boy brings five loaves and two fish.

And Jesus takes those five loaves and two fish and he blesses them and then multiplies them to the point where we can feed 5,000 people. And so why does he do that? Why does he involve us, or in the case of this story, the boy, in the process when he doesn't have to? So the principle of your job is to not be responsible to feed 5,000, to not think of the results. I'm a results guy.

And Jesus takes those five loaves and two fish and he blesses them and then multiplies them to the point where we can feed 5,000 people. And so why does he do that? Why does he involve us, or in the case of this story, the boy, in the process when he doesn't have to? So the principle of your job is to not be responsible to feed 5,000, to not think of the results. I'm a results guy.

And Jesus takes those five loaves and two fish and he blesses them and then multiplies them to the point where we can feed 5,000 people. And so why does he do that? Why does he involve us, or in the case of this story, the boy, in the process when he doesn't have to? So the principle of your job is to not be responsible to feed 5,000, to not think of the results. I'm a results guy.

I'm a problem solver. The numbers didn't match. We didn't feed 5,000. It failed. And this gentleman is telling me, no, no, that's not your job to worry about. You didn't fail.

I'm a problem solver. The numbers didn't match. We didn't feed 5,000. It failed. And this gentleman is telling me, no, no, that's not your job to worry about. You didn't fail.

I'm a problem solver. The numbers didn't match. We didn't feed 5,000. It failed. And this gentleman is telling me, no, no, that's not your job to worry about. You didn't fail.

Correct. So in that moment, when I'm literally... analyzing what I did wrong, coming off of a day of wrestling with the story of the feeding the 5,000, this gentleman randomly out of the blue tells me, it's not that. It's not that you failed per se. It's not that you, we could argue about, did I make the best five loaves and two fish? Was the recipe a good recipe?

Correct. So in that moment, when I'm literally... analyzing what I did wrong, coming off of a day of wrestling with the story of the feeding the 5,000, this gentleman randomly out of the blue tells me, it's not that. It's not that you failed per se. It's not that you, we could argue about, did I make the best five loaves and two fish? Was the recipe a good recipe?