Our Time to Minister

We all know the story in Matthew 14 about the multiplication of bread and fishes... How Jesus fed five thousand people using a little boys' lunch.  We always look at the amazing miracle that took place that day, but there has to be more to the story.

Matthew 14:16 "But Jesus said, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.”

Note that Jesus didn't just take the little they had and performed the miracle but he actually commanded His disciples to feed the crowd.  This is significant because by now Jesus already turned water into wine and He also performed a bunch of other miracles.  Now these followers of Jesus saw the signs and miracles day in and day out.  To them this might have become quite natural... like a normal day at the office.  The difference is however that now Jesus asks them to do, what they see as the impossible.  When they told Jesus that this cannot be done, Jesus commanded them to bring what they have.

Matthew 14:18 " And he said, “Bring them here to me.”

Now we know that Jesus took the bread, thanked the Father and the food multiplied... there was even left overs.  The crucial part of this story is that we are His children, His hands and feet.  It is up to us to start ministering to those around us.  The beauty of this all is that we don't even have to have much to complete this task because if we give all we have to God... that is just the right amount to accomplish the task He required of us.  When we give our all... God fills it up with Himself.