-Mark Lane
John 6:
5-9 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd
coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where
shall we buy bread for these people to eat?"
He asked this only to test him, for he already had
in mind what he was going to do. Philip answered
him, "Eight months' wages would not buy enough
bread for each one to have a bite!" Another
of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up, "Here is a boy with five small
barley loaves
and two small fish,
but how far will they go among so many?"
Do you ever doubt that God can use you? Do you ever
wonder "God what can I do? I have few talents,
few things and I have so many
limitations."
Look at the story about
the feeding of the 5,000 in John. What did God use?
What is the miracle? God used a little boy with his
little brown lunch sack carrying just five small
barley loaves and two small fish. Several miracles
are going on here. To me it's a miracle the little
boy willingly gave up all he had. Do you and I have
the faith of the little boy? Are you willing to give
up all for Christ to use you? Jesus took what little
the boy had and multiplied it for the benefit of many.
John 6:
12 When they had all had enough to eat, He said
to his disciples, "Gather the pieces that are
left over. Let nothing be wasted."
13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets
with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over
by those who had eaten.
God wastes nothing.
The phrase "they all had enough to eat"
could literally be translated "they were stuffed"
or in modern terms "they pigged out!"
God provides abundantly for us, wastes nothing.
And then in the final gesture of His awesome grace, God provided for His workers. The disciples
filled twelve baskets with the leftover bread.
Pretty awesome huh?
God used that little boy's brown lunch sack to feed
the 5,000. Don't we have more? You and I are so
blessed. No matter who you are, what you are, how
you are, where you are, what you have or what you
don't have, God can use you.
Dear Father, use us
to your glory. Take what we have to glorify you.
Father help us to be willing vessels; help us to
have the faith of the little boy who let You use his
lunch. Father, we praise You and love You and thank
You for all we have, for all comes from You. In
Jesus' precious name, Amen.
