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Give Him what you've got
'GIVE, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU...' LUKE 6:38
It's about 2000 years ago and Jesus has been busy teaching a crowd of people - and it's not just a little bunch of people; it's more like what you'd get at a big music festival in the park. The Bible says there were about 5,000 people hanging out listening to what Jesus had to say! It's boiling hot and on top of that Jesus knows the people must be hungry so He turns to one of His disciples and says, "where shall we buy bread for these people?" His mate is shocked coz he knows that even if he was loaded it would cost a bomb to feed that many people.
But Jesus is just testing him to see if he would think, "no way we can't afford it", or "God can, so bring it on!" Andrew, another disciple, tells Jesus that he's found a boy with a packed lunch containing five little rolls and two little fish. The boy hands over his packed lunch and sits down with the rest of the crowd. Jesus says thanks to God for the food and then gets His 12 disciples to start dishing it out. Can you imagine what must have been going through their heads?
But as they did what Jesus asked, a miracle happened and 5000 people got a slap up fish supper. In fact there was so much left over they filled up 12 big baskets! The reason this is such a popular story is because it illustrates one of the number one things about Jesus: if you make what you have available to Him, He'll take it, bless it and then do a miracle!
written by Bob Gass
'GIVE, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU...' LUKE 6:38
It's about 2000 years ago and Jesus has been busy teaching a crowd of people - and it's not just a little bunch of people; it's more like what you'd get at a big music festival in the park. The Bible says there were about 5,000 people hanging out listening to what Jesus had to say! It's boiling hot and on top of that Jesus knows the people must be hungry so He turns to one of His disciples and says, "where shall we buy bread for these people?" His mate is shocked coz he knows that even if he was loaded it would cost a bomb to feed that many people.
But Jesus is just testing him to see if he would think, "no way we can't afford it", or "God can, so bring it on!" Andrew, another disciple, tells Jesus that he's found a boy with a packed lunch containing five little rolls and two little fish. The boy hands over his packed lunch and sits down with the rest of the crowd. Jesus says thanks to God for the food and then gets His 12 disciples to start dishing it out. Can you imagine what must have been going through their heads?
But as they did what Jesus asked, a miracle happened and 5000 people got a slap up fish supper. In fact there was so much left over they filled up 12 big baskets! The reason this is such a popular story is because it illustrates one of the number one things about Jesus: if you make what you have available to Him, He'll take it, bless it and then do a miracle!
written by Bob Gass