I am so broken.---
Luke 9:12-17 (NIV)
12Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, "Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here."
13He replied, "You give them something to eat."
They answered, "We have only five loaves of bread and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all this crowd." 14(About five thousand men were there.)
But he said to his disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each." 15The disciples did so, and everybody sat down. 16Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to set before the people. 17They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
---Just a few points within this passage that resonate to me.
- We fall short in that we think we are unable to do something because of the things we don't have, when in fact, God presents us with the little we have so that only HE can multiply it to address the needs for many.
- Jesus would never force us to do His will, but He calls us. He knows what little we have, and when we fall short and doubt, He's stepping in with the little that we have surrendered to Him.
- God has blessed us upon multitudes, and He breaks us. We need to be decreased so that as bread, He increases in us so we can feed the thousands.
LOL, Sarah.
He replied, "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you. Luke 17:6
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