Everyone has blessings of one sort or another.
Aunt Bessie may not have much money, but boy does her lemon pie beat any other dessert at the dinner table.
John down the street may be a single father, but his kids feel they are loved.
Sister Ruby may be bound to a wheel chair, but she can write checks to fund the Lord’s work.
Everyone has felt the giving hand of God on his or her life, even if it sometimes feels otherwise. Each of us has something to offer those around us.
The boy in the story of the loaves and fishes didn’t feel especially blessed. His mother had prepared him a sack lunch that day, and it was only thing he carried with him. Shoes? Bah! MP3 player? Not happening! He was probably wearing the only suit of clothes he owned, and it was coarse by today’s standards.
Yet, the boy had something he could share, his loaves and fishes, and there was plenty to go around. The truth is found not in our abundance, but in sharing what little we possess.
Deuteronomy 14:29 gives us instructions on how to share our loaves and fishes.
“And the Levite, (because he has no part nor inheritance with you,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.”
It doesn’t matter if the hungry man is our brother. We are to feed him. According to this passage, because he is not our brother, we are under a greater obligation to feed him.
…or love him.
…or pay his bills.
…or offer him a ride.
…or clothe him.
…or give him a job.
…or mow his yard.
…or pray for his soul.
…or forgive him.
Let’s do what we can. Let’s identify the loaves and fishes in our lunch sack, and let’s offer our bounty to build up the lives of those around us.
When we offer our best to Jesus, he makes it greater than it was before.
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