How Many Loaves Do You Have?
And His disciples replied to Him, How can anyone fill and satisfy [these people] with loaves of bread here in [this] desolate and uninhabited region? And He asked them, How many loaves have you? They said, Seven. (Mark 8:4,5)
Mark 8 begins with the record of a powerful miracle of Jesus feeding the 4,000 through the substance of seven loaves of bread and a few small fish.
Check this out: 4,000 mouths stomachs.. just seven loaves and a few small fish.
When God wants to do do something glorious, He uses what is available. He never asks for quality, He only uses what is available. We are His vessels and tools to express His goodness and glory to the lost world. But many times inadequacy holds us back and we turn away from allowing God to use us to minister and touch somebody's life. He might have wanted you to lay out hands to heal a very sick soul, but you've back away from it saying, "No God, I am not a big-time minister, I can't do such things!" Or maybe He's wanted to use you as His vessel to speak a prophetic word to someone who really needs it. Maybe that one word will change his/her lift forever, but you've backed away from speaking to that person because you say,"No I cannot Lord, I don't know how to prophesy properly, I'm not eloquent!"
You may have '5 loaves'.. maybe just '1 loaf', or even 'a slice of the tiniest fish'. But if you will offer it to God to feed the multitude of the starving, the thirsty and the sickly, He will use it in the miracle and meet their needs. Even if all you have are just the crumbs - God will use them the same, to manifest His glory.
Inadequacy is never an issue. Availability is.
"How many loaves do you have?"
With whatever little we have in our hands, if we will offer it to Him for the Kingdom, He will use it to manifest His glory. That all will see and know He IS God.
Mark 8 begins with the record of a powerful miracle of Jesus feeding the 4,000 through the substance of seven loaves of bread and a few small fish.
Check this out: 4,000 mouths stomachs.. just seven loaves and a few small fish.
When God wants to do do something glorious, He uses what is available. He never asks for quality, He only uses what is available. We are His vessels and tools to express His goodness and glory to the lost world. But many times inadequacy holds us back and we turn away from allowing God to use us to minister and touch somebody's life. He might have wanted you to lay out hands to heal a very sick soul, but you've back away from it saying, "No God, I am not a big-time minister, I can't do such things!" Or maybe He's wanted to use you as His vessel to speak a prophetic word to someone who really needs it. Maybe that one word will change his/her lift forever, but you've backed away from speaking to that person because you say,"No I cannot Lord, I don't know how to prophesy properly, I'm not eloquent!"
You may have '5 loaves'.. maybe just '1 loaf', or even 'a slice of the tiniest fish'. But if you will offer it to God to feed the multitude of the starving, the thirsty and the sickly, He will use it in the miracle and meet their needs. Even if all you have are just the crumbs - God will use them the same, to manifest His glory.
Inadequacy is never an issue. Availability is.
"How many loaves do you have?"
With whatever little we have in our hands, if we will offer it to Him for the Kingdom, He will use it to manifest His glory. That all will see and know He IS God.
posted by The Daughter-In-Law at 4:08 PM
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You write very well.
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