In today’s (1/6) Gospel passage from Mark, we read about the miracle of Jesus feeding 5,000 with five loaves of bread and two fish. There are a lot of messages we can get from this passage. Just as Jesus takes the small amount of food and multiplies it, He can do the same in our lives. Our seemingly small and few gifts, talents, and our amount of time, when given to the Lord can be multiplied and used for a great purpose.
We can often look at the world around us, feeling quite small and insignificant, wondering, how can I possibly make a difference? But when we have a servant mindset and heart and offer our gifts to God, He can use us and bless and multiply our efforts.
One of our tasks here on earth is to build up God’s kingdom. We cannot do that if we are not giving God our time, resources, and gifts. It can be easy to want to selfishly hold onto these things. After all, our resources sometimes seem limited, our gifts not good enough, and our time too short. But God has given us what we need and wants us to give them back to Him in order to serve and love others through Him.
We must trust that God has given us what we need and that He can use us to make a difference. He takes what seems small and insignificant and turns it into what is abundant and overflowing, just as He did with the five loaves and two fishes to feed thousands. My prayer for today is that each of us would place ourselves in the hands of God and trust that He will multiply our small offerings for great things!
Faith and The Good Stuff 