And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

Mark 6:42-44 (ESV)

Jesus had only five loaves and two fish before He performed the miracle of feeding the five thousand, but after fully feeding everyone, His disciples collected twelve baskets full of leftovers. If there is one takeaway lesson from this, it is that while God's grace is undeniably extravagant, it is never wasteful. Just when we think we've seen or understood enough of God's grace and are completely satisfied—the abundance of miraculous leftovers is God's way of saying, "Wait. There's even more!"

We have nothing to lack in Christ because God has already given us everything through Christ.

The only thing we could be lacking is the revelation of our fullness in Him.

Many Christians are taught that they must have a spiritual hunger or thirst for God. While it may sound correct, it lacks real revelation in the light of the New Covenant. Spiritual hunger denotes a state of scarcity and despair as if we are still in need of something that Christ has not yet provided. The truth is that we already have everything we need in Christ! And if we don't grasp the gospel, the Christian life becomes a straining or striving for that "missing" something rather than resting completely in Christ's finished work.

If we are still seeking God to satisfy our spiritual hunger, it only demonstrates that we do not truly believe we have true satisfaction in Christ.

Poor revelation is our problem, not spiritual hunger.

To be fully aware of our fullness in Christ, we should ask God to generously impart His Spirit of wisdom and revelation to us, so that we are completely captivated by the knowledge of our identity and inheritance in Christ. (See also Ephesians 1:17) As the disciples gathered the leftovers into their baskets, we must personally grasp each morsel of revelation and feed on the truth that frees us to live out the gospel in all of its riches and glory.