-- Mark 6:37-38
God often uses the incredibly mundane to do the incredible. He uses the ordinary to do the extraordinary. For Moses it was a staff. For David it was a slingshot. And for thousands of hungry people committed to hear every word he would speak, Jesus made a feast from a boy's sack lunch.
No resource is too small when placed in the hands of Jesus.
The fact is, God doesn't NEED our resources in the first place (and ultimately, they are his anyway). But God honors our faithfulness in the small things. And he uses what we offer up to him.
The story is recounted in all four gospels. Hungry people, worried disciples, a boy willing to give what he had, and a God who does the extraordinary with the ordinary; the incredible with the mundane.
When I envision the miraculous feeding of the 5,000 on the hill, I picture Jesus quietly laughing to himself (with a silly grin) the whole time as the astonished disciples keep coming back for more fish sandwiches to pass to the people.
The question: Will we offer to Jesus what we have?
It is what he asks of us. And he gives us the opportunity to take part in the miraculous.
Oh... and better bring some extra baskets - there will be leftovers!
God, I give you what I have to do with as you please...
For now...
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