I was reading a morning devotion about Jesus feeding the 4,000 in Mark 8:1-10. It's really an amazing event when you look at it and try to apply it to your own life.
It says Jesus had compassion for the multitude. The people had been following Him for three days. They hadn't eaten and were hungry. Jesus saw their need, and He felt compassion for them. He wanted to meet their need. Similarly, Jesus knows when we're in need, and because He loves us, He wants to meet our need.
The disciples looked at the problem and saw only their limited resources. They asked Jesus, “How can one satisfy these people with bread here in the wilderness?”
We often do the same thing. We see the huge hurtle in front of us, and we feel so overwhelmed because we're only looking at our own resources. Jesus knows we can't meet the need on our own. He tells us it's OK because He is more than enough.
Jesus asked the disciples how many loaves they had. They tell Him there's seven loaves and a few fish. "But how far will that go among so many?" they asked. Jesus tells them to bring Him what they have. He takes the little they had, and He uses it to work a miracle. He took the seven loaves and gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples to set before them. They gave Him all they had, and He made something great out of it.
It will work the same way for us. It may seem like we don't have much, but if we give Him ALL we have, He can multiply it and make something great. In the natural, we will never have enough, but His resources are limitless. The whole earth is His and everything in it.
In the end, Jesus fed the multitude and took up seven large baskets of leftovers. It was more than enough. If He did it for them, He'll do it for us.
We'll never come up short when we put our trust in Him!
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