John 6:5 NLT Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of people coming to look for him. Turning to Philip, he asked, “Where can we buy bread to feed all these people?”
Andrew on the other hand saw it from the point of view of his own resources and what he already had in hand, but again immediately dismissed it as not nearly enough. One was going to work for it - self effort - not enough. The other was looking at what he had - same conclusion - not enough! We’ve probably all done that too!😊
Then Jesus demonstrates we don’t need self effort, but what little we do have, if we’ll offer it to Him with a thankful heart He will multiply it and it will be more than enough when we trust in God’s supernatural ability to provide all we need.
It says in verses 11 and 12 they had all they wanted, they had more than enough, they were satisfied, and there were even 12 baskets of left overs besides! I love how God works!😊
Our God is the God of more than enough. There’s a spiritual principle at work here as Jesus shows us we need to give something so it can be multiplied. If we offer nothing, then our nothing will be multiplied to more nothing. But when we offer God the skills we do have, the faith we do have, the little resources we do have with a thankful heart, then God can, and will, multiply it.
So whatever our need is today let’s give something to God to work with, no matter how insignificant we think it is, and know He will multiply it and provide more than enough for us too.😊 Thank You Lord. Amen.
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