"The lesson is for God's children in every age. When the Lord gives a work to be done, let not men stop to inquire into the reasonableness of the command or the probable result of their efforts to obey. The supply in their hands may seem to fall short of the need to be filled; but in the hands of the Lord it will prove more than sufficient. The servitor “set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord.” PK 243.1"
"And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full."
Both passages deal with a small amount of food being miraculously multiplied to feed many. EGW draws a direct parallel between the story of Elisha and the sons of the prophets and the miracle of the loaves and fishes.
"A fuller sense of God's relationship to those whom He has purchased with the gift of His Son, a greater faith in the onward progress of His cause in the earth—this is the great need of the church today. Let none waste time in deploring the scantiness of their visible resources. The outward appearance may be unpromising, but energy and trust in God will develop resources. The gift brought to Him with thanksgiving and with prayer for His blessing, He will multiply as He multiplied the food given to the sons of the prophets and to the weary multitude. PK 243.2"
"And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude."
EGW explicitly connects the need for faith and trust in God with the miracle of multiplying food, drawing a parallel between the two passages.
"And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full."
EGW draws a parallel between God multiplying food in the Bible and His ability to provide resources for the church today, emphasizing faith and thanksgiving. The Matthew 14:20 reference is a valid example of God's provision.