On the 5th day of Christmas...

On the fifth day of Christmas, the Father gave to all -- 
  the miracle of the loaves,
  the truth of the Gospels,
  prayers at Gethsemane,
  the veil torn in two, 
  and His Son to save us from our sins. 

In all four Gospels, there is an account of Jesus feeding 5000 people with five barley loaves and two fish.  In one of the accounts, it states that that number 5000 referred just to the men.  Women and children were also fed!  After all had eaten their fill, the broken pieces were gathered into 12 full baskets.  Amazing.

Jesus took what seemed to be too little and turned it into more than enough.

I try to imagine the application of this to my own life.  I think of my talents and how weak, or uncoordinated, or foolish they feel.  I think of the dreams that the LORD has seemingly placed in my head and on my heart, and how inadequate I feel to accomplish them.  And, tragically, I've not moved at all on any of them.

But, then I read this and think, "if Jesus can multiply loaves and fish to overflowing, He can multiply my talents to overflowing as well."  And with that on my heart, I feel inspired to at least try.

Doesn't that make you feel good? To know that Jesus can take whatever you have -- no matter how small *you* think it is -- and make it more than enough for the task He's laid out before you?  

I pray that, if you feel the LORD calling you to a task but you feel too little for it, that you would simply give your "little" to the LORD so that He can do great things for the people He loves in and through you!  And I will also be praying that for myself, as I walk in a fog through my days.  Let the LORD use you!  Whatever you have, is quite enough.    And if you don't know what the LORD is calling you to, I pray that He will make His mission for you crystal clear, so that you can walk in His path. 

Luke 9:12-17 (NASB) -- Five Thousand Fed

¹² Now the day was ending, and the twelve came and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and get something to eat; for here we are in a desolate place.” ¹³ But He said to them, “You give them something to eat!” And they said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless perhaps we go and buy food for all these people.” ¹⁴ (For there were about five thousand men.) And He said to His disciples, “Have them sit down to eat in groups of about fifty each.” ¹⁵ They did so, and had them all sit down. ¹⁶ Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed them, and broke them, and kept giving them to the disciples to set before the people. ¹⁷ And they all ate and were satisfied; and the broken pieces which they had left over were picked up, twelve baskets full.

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