Tuesday, January 21, 2014

"You feed them"

But Jesus said "That is necessary-you feed them

Matthew 14:16-21

16  "But Jesus said, “That isn’t necessary—you feed them.”
17 “But we have only five loaves of bread and two fish!” they answered.
18 “Bring them here,” he said. 19 Then he told the people to sit down on the grass. Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and blessed them. Then, breaking the loaves into pieces, he gave the bread to the disciples, who distributed it to the people. 20 They all ate as much as they wanted, and afterward, the disciples picked up twelve baskets of leftovers. 21 About 5,000 men were fed that day, in addition to all the women and children!

 The disciples came to Jesus wanting to send the crowd home, and Jesus was like no you feed them..
How was it possible for His disciples to feed these people when they didn't have enough money or food?.. You feed them faith, and you also feed them by faith

Then Jesus took the bread and the fish, looked up toward heaven, and blessed them. He then broke the loaves into pieces, And then what did He do with it? He didn't hand it out to the people Himself.. He gave it to His disciples to give it out..  Isn't this how Jesus works through us now? You don't see Jesus physically on the street feeding people. He feeds people through you.. Have faith that God will provide what you need when He tells you to do something.. 

People always want to be equipped before they do what God tells them to.. God doesn't work like that.. I don't know if He ever has scripturally. He does however prepare hearts, so remember you are not God, you don't know the ending at the beginning.. All God wants you to do is have faith, and obey.. He will provide all that you need to accomplish His work. Faith is when you listen, and act.. Not equip, then act, then listen.. That is you being led by you, not by the spirit.

You know what else Jesus did before He gave the food to the disciples. He blessed the food.. Wow.. He thanked God for the food before He mulitiplied it. What if we had faith like that? What if God told us to something, and we thanked God for His provisions before it was even provided.. That is faith!

They all ate as much as they wanted, and afterward, the disciples picked up twelve baskets of leftovers.. Now check this out.. After Jesus provided a crazy amount of food out of a few loaves of bread, gave it to His disciples to feed people who ate their fill, there was then an abundant amount of food leftover.. Look at God's blessing and abundance for obeying.. God will fill you up after you "feed people" and do His will..



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