Title: What Happens When You Give God What You Have
Text:
John 6:9 (ESV)
9 "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?"
Observation:
There is nothing more encouraging to me than reading the account of what happened when the boy gave Jesus what he had.
Notice that the boy had five barley loaves, and he gave those to Jesus along with the two fish that he had. We have so little, but God can do so much with the little we have when we give it to Him.
In my reading of the Bible I discovered that barley was the common food eaten by the poor; the well off preferred wheat. Also, I found another servant of God that used barley to feed a large group of men.
2 Kings 4:42-43 (ESV)
42 A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, "Give to the men, that they may eat."
43 But his servant said, "How can I set this before a hundred men?" So he repeated, "Give them to the men, that they may eat, for thus says the LORD, 'They shall eat and have some left.'"
When we give God what we have He can do much more with it than we could ever dream. The world has yet to see what can be done with what we hold in our hands if God's people would be willing to present to God what they have, and watch as He uses it and us for His glory, and as a blessing in the lives of others.
You Can't Beat God Giving - Lyrics by Doris Akers
"You can't beat God's giving, no matter how you try.
And just as sure as you are living
and the Lord is in heaven on high.
The more you give, the more He give to you,
but keep on giving because it's really true
that you can't beat God's giving, no matter how you try."
Prayer:
Father, I bless Your name, and give You the praise, honor, and the glory that only You deserve.
Father, whatever I have belong to you, and I offer it back to You to do with it whatever You will. Father, use us for Your glory, and in Your service to others. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
The Gospel Legends Singing, "You Can't Beat God Giving"
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Acts 6:4 (ESV)
4 But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."
Psalm 65:2 (ESV)
2 O you who hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come.
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