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God is Faithful! His promises are new every morning. And God keeps His promises. We get in trouble, easily becoming downcast and discouraged, letting go of our faith anchor, when we put a certain time, or assign a timetable, to the coming to pass of God’s promises.
Much better to say, ‘He has spoken it; He WILL bring it to pass. Praise our Faithful God!’
In Mark 6, Jesus, after His cousin John had been beheaded, attempts to get away by Himself. But crowds follow Him to a desolate place. There He felt compassion for them — they were like sheep without a shepherd. He taught them and He healed them. Then asked the disciples to feed them. The disciples were astonished – how could they? THEY could not.
Jesus asks them what DO they have? John 6 records that they found a little boy having 5 loaves, 2 fish. For 5,000 men plus women and children. Ha! We know what happened – Jesus blessed what they had and it became much. Afterward, the scraps they gathered filled 12 lunch pails. A clear message that while we may be limited, God is not limited in supplying our daily provision.
Another time, recorded in Matthew 15, crowds have been with Jesus 3 days in another desolate place. Jesus says to the disciples “I do not want to send them away hungry…” Hint Hint. Like us (often times), they have forgotten the first miracle, and respond, where are WE going to get food for this crowd? Our resources are so limited. Again, Jesus says, “What DO you have?” This time it’s 7 loaves and a few fish. Jesus blesses, and we know the outcome; 4,000 men plus women and children are well fed.
When they gather up the fragments they collect 7 man-sized baskets full! It’s the same word for basket used in Acts 9:25 when the disciples lowered Paul down a city wall in Damascus. Man-sized, literally!
See? JESUS has provision for us , a superabundance, for you, for me. But it is only through Jesus that we can receive this superabundance. Not based on how thrifty we are, nor lucky, nor clever. It is Jesus’ blessing.
So TODAY — don’t look at your meager bank account, or slim paycheck, your health, strength, or lack of — but offer what you do have — to Jesus — ask Jesus to BLESS it, as He did in these instances — expect His provision — give Him thanks, and COME ALIVE!
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