Channel of multiplied
blessings!
Verse for Today: Monday, March 18, 2013
Matthew 14:18 – And (Jesus) said, “Bring (the five loaves and two fish) here to
Me.”
It is pertinent for us to realize
that Jesus knows what we have with us that He can use. He expects us to give it
to Him so that He can make it to bless others. Our acknowledgment of what we have
is often our expression of worthlessness unless Jesus blessed it. But Jesus
tells us that He can make use of it no matter how worthless or insignificant it
is. When we confess our inadequacy, He will counsel us to submit it to Him to multiply
it. He knows that if we keep it, it will go stale or waste. Often our unwillingness
to surrender our meager means to Jesus is because of our insecurity about our present
and future needs. But God doesn’t want us to selfishly hold on to what He has entrusted
with us as stewards and custodians. We are to confess ourselves as faithful
stewards and be willing to give it back to the One who entrusted it with us.
Our meager means in our own hands will have its limitations, but when it is
passed on to Jesus, it will have far reaching impact on other lives. If we
willingly submit our meager means to Jesus without grumbling, He will show us
to our amazement how He will multiply and use it to meet great needs. Thus our meager
means will bring great joy to those who enjoy it. What Jesus does with what we give
back to Him will strengthen the faith of all who witness His great ministry of
enlargement. Today Jesus is asking us to give all that we have to Jesus for Him
to bless and use it for His glory. Let us willingly and joyfully give it back to
Him and watch what He will do with it. By heeding to Jesus, we will not be
deprived but will be enriched. We get enough and more for our use and so many
others will be impacted at the same time.
Dear friend, are you using all your
treasures, talents and time for Jesus? Have you handed it all over to Him to
use it as it pleases Him? The transfer of all that you have to Jesus is the
mark of true discipleship. If there is anything in your life that is not yet
handed over to Jesus, it means that you are keeping His assets for yourself. It
might also mean that what you have is not given to you by Jesus. If you keep it
to yourself, it will be eaten away by moths, rust and inflation or taken away
by thieves. Jesus doesn’t want it if you are unwilling to entrust it with Him
joyfully. He has other means to bless His people, but you will miss the
opportunity to cause it if you don’t give what has been entrusted with you.
Today Jesus is asking you to give Him all your earthly treasures, talents and time.
If you have special skills and expertise, He can use it also. If you have spare
time after meeting all your justifiable obligations in life, He can use it to
touch other lives for Him. If you give willingly and voluntarily, Jesus will
bless it and use it for the spiritually hungry and thirsty people around. It also goes in your account in heaven for which
a reward will follow. As you do it, you will also be one of those sitting at
the banquet in the desert to satisfy yourself. Will you refuse Jesus His assets
that He has entrusted with you? Will you become a channel of blessings for
Jesus?
2 Corinthians 9:7 – Each one
must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under
compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Thought for Today
God proved His love to us by giving us what we didn’t’ deserve, but we
prove our love to Him by giving what He truly deserves from us.
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