He took bread, gave thanks and broke it. (Luke 22:19 NIV)
In the past weeks, I have noticed in most of my
conversations people are saying “how much more do we have to take? I feel like
I have nothing left in the tank!” Sound familiar? With what life can throw at
us whether physically, emotionally; spiritually, or financially, it can leave
us asking that same question. We can count on one thing: the battle is on. We
have not lost. God might be asking for a little bit more but the best is yet to
come!! My word for us is HANG ON!
I want us to move towards this though: Jesus while on earth
never created something from nothing.
Jesus used water that was already there in order to make wine.
He used a fish’s mouth to deliver a coin to pay taxes. He fed 5000 from loaves
of bread and fish by giving thanks, breaking it then distributing it to the
people. (John 2:1-3, Matthew 17:27 and Matthew 14:19 NIV)
When Elijah needed
food, he approached a starving widow (1 Kings 17:8-10 NIV), who said she had
enough crust left only to feed herself and her son. He asked if she had oil.
Her answer was the exact same. The power of this is that God has a way of
meeting people where they are by hanging a thread then asking for more rope!
When the trusting widow brought her jar of oil, the oil was miraculously
multiplied leaving not just enough for her house but enough to start a business
and sell it for profit for her and her son! God is interested in creating
legacy and establishing the power of who HE is in your family!
Two principles:
1. The
first is that surrender of what you have is always required. Had the wedding
caterers not been willing to bring the jars of water, there could have been no
wine. Had the little boy not given up the lunch, there would have been no
family picnic. Point is whatever God is asking of you please give it back.
2. Whatever
you offer is going to change form. It may look broken and or smashed to pieces
in the process, but it will be multiplied.
The resources you began with will not be recognizable to
you when you are through. Their essence may be the same, but they will be
multiplied.
When the Lord was serving communion, the passage was
representative of Christ being broken for the purpose of the message of grace
and mercy and life change that would be multiplied throughout the whole world!Stand strong. HE is in charge!!
Blessings,
