Did you bring your lunch?

"Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?" (John 6:9)

Today's blog post is contributed by David Trotta:

Sometimes we measure our significance based on the size of what we have to offer.  We look at our gifting or physical resources and say “how can God use what I have to make an impact on the world?”

But, in reality, the only thing that matters is the extent to which you will allow God to use what He has given you, not its size. God can take even the smallest and most seemingly insignificant act of love or sacrifice and do incredible things with it.

Imagine that boy standing in the middle of five thousand hungry men with a bag of five small loaves and a couple fish.  Talk about insignificant!  Yet, that boy and his seemingly insignificant lunch fed thousands and fueled one of the greatest miracles ever recorded and one that is still celebrated thousands of years later and will continue to be until Jesus returns.

God can do the same with you. Your life in the hands of the Master can demonstrate God’s love and faithfulness to a hungry world.

We look at our lives and wonder what difference we can make in our small sphere of influence.  Don’t measure the significance of what you have to offer based on your limited resources or even the vastness of the need in front of you.  Instead, just make available any resources God has put at your disposal and allow Him to use them.

Don’t forsake small beginnings.  Like a small seed in your hand, if you are faithful and obedient to sow love in situations where God leads you, He can multiply your faithfulness and provide nourishment to many.

Did you bring your lunch?