As Jesus traveled to Galilee, He had huge following of those who witnessed Him heal the sick. It was time for the Jewish feast of Passover, and He knew the multitude needed to be fed. He presented the problem to His disciples to see how they would resolve the problem, but He already knew exactly how He would miraculously provide.
The disciples only saw what they had on hand physically. They could only see the limited resources and the impossibility of the situation. They did not have enough money to feed the multitude, and the only food on hand was in the possession of a young boy — had five loaves of bread and two fishes.
How could they feed the multitude with so little on their hands?
We may not always have control over what talents, gifts, and resources we get, but we have complete control over how we use the things we have in our hands, especially how much of what we possess would we give.
The lad gave Jesus all that he had to give.
We may not always have control over what talents, gifts, and resources we get, but we have complete control over how we use the things we already have in our hands.
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Jesus then took everything the young boy had given to Him and used what seemed like nothing in the eyes of the situation to feed over 5,000 people.
When the feast was finished in John 6:12, Jesus instructed the disciples to, “Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.”
The fragments collected filled twelve buckets.
If Jesus can take two fish and five loaves of barley bread, feed the multitude, and return to the lad twelve buckets of his, what could God do with our talents, our efforts, and our resources that we give to Him?
No matter how little we believe we bring to Jesus, if we give Him our all, He will use everything to a greater extent than what we could ever do on our own, and He will return to us more than we gave.
This is also confirmed in the parable of the talents in Matthew 25. The man was going on a long trip and entrusted his talents (or money) to them while he was away. The man sorted these among his servants in proportion to their abilities. The servants who received five and two talents invested the it and eventually doubled their talents. The servant who only had one talent buried it into the ground and did not do anything with it.
If we invest and give to all of our ability to the Lord, nothing will be lost. Jesus will not allow anything to go to waste, and will certainly return to us exceedingly, abundantly, more than we could ever ask or think!
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