Unshackled Echo ~ September 14, 2018 ~ Be Like The Lad

Today's Unshackled Echo was previously published on

March 28, 2015.

“There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?” Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted.

- John 6:9-12

There was a lad who had a sack lunch, some bread and a couple of small fish. There wasn't much there. Perhaps it was enough food to fill the boy up, perhaps not, but it wasn't enough to be sharing and still have enough to eat. And there was a need. Five thousand men, and countless women and children were hungry and in need of food. The disciples asked Jesus what was this little lunch worth in the face of such a great need. It's a logical and understandable question. The lunch was all the boy had, and how easy it would've been for the boy to say, this can't help much so I should keep it, and at least that way I won't be hungry. I don't have enough to help so I won't do anything. But instead he gave it all to Christ. The little he had he did not hold back, and as a result, everyone got fed, and there were left overs. God loves to give, and when we give without holding back, He always does something amazing with it.

Lord, I want You to do something amazing with and in my life. Help me to be like the lad who held nothing back. Let me not feel overwhelmed by the need that I am powerless to provide for but rather to trust that no problem is beyond the solution of Your power. Amen.

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