Friday of the Second Week of Easter
Acts 5:34–42; Psalm 27; John 6:1–15
We usually imagine that opposing God looks dramatic.
Anger. Rebellion. Open rejection.
But the Bible shows something else.
Opposing God can look very normal.
Even reasonable.
In Acts, the religious leaders oppose the apostles.
They believe in God. They defend tradition. They protect order.
And yet— they resist what God is doing.
Because it does not fit their expectations.
In the Gospel, the crowd does the same.
They see Jesus feed thousands.
And they decide:
“This is the one. Let’s make him king.”
It sounds right.
They want justice. Freedom. A better world.
But they want it their way.
Power. Control. Immediate change.
So Jesus withdraws.
Because even good desires can oppose God when we try to control him.
And then— there are the disciples.
They are closest to Jesus.
They listen. They follow.
And still— they don’t understand.
Five thousand people. No food.
Their solution:
“Send them away.”
Practical. Logical.
But closed.
No space for something new.
No space for God.
This is where it becomes personal.
We may not be religious authorities.
We may not be crowds shouting for power.
But we know this mindset.
We want God to act—
but within our limits.
We want solutions—
but ones we can understand.
We want faith—
but without risk.
And so, quietly, almost without noticing,
we resist.
Not by saying “no”—
but by staying in control.
Jesus does something simple.
He does not argue.
He asks:
“What do you have?”
Five loaves. Two fish.
Not enough.
But he says:
“Bring them.”
And that changes everything.
Because the problem was never the lack.
It was the lack of trust.
Opposing God is not always loud.
Sometimes it is just this:
refusing to place what we have into his hands.
The psalm says:
“The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear?”
That is the turning point.
From control to trust.
From calculation to surrender.
From resistance to openness.
So the question is simple:
Where am I resisting?
Where am I holding back?
Where am I saying,
“This is not enough— so I won’t offer it”?
Because maybe God is not asking for more.
Maybe he is asking for trust.
And once we let go—
even a little—
something begins to change.
Not always in dramatic ways.
But quietly.
Like bread being broken.
Like a crowd being fed.
Like a heart learning to trust.
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New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993
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