"Bring them to me."
Matthew 14:17And they said to
Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.”
18He said, “Bring
them here to Me.”
As you read this story in its entirety you can feel the anxiety of the disciples when Jesus told them to feed the 5,000. They saw the great need, they looked at their resources and they felt helpless and maybe hopeless. This is a critical point in the life of faith. We have all been confronted with a great need. If you haven’t, give it time, you will! We have held inventory of our supplies and realized the need was too great for us and we were tempted to despair. Maybe we did despair! It is such an interesting story because it sounds like Jesus, knowing the disciples could not meet the need of the multitude, asked them to meet the need anyway. He wasn't being cruel; He wanted them to see the uselessness of trying to meet an impossible need with only human supply. There is nothing wrong with meeting a need when we have enough provision to do it. As a matter of fact, that is what the Christian heart is supposed to do. We aren't supposed to ask the Lord to meet a need when we have it within our ability to meet that need. "But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?" (I John 3:17) But what about when we see a need and we can't fix it? That is our dilemma and it is also a portal to a miracle. How we approach the overpowering crisis of impossibility is a key to our walk with the Lord. Coming to Jesus without answers is never a sin. Coming to Jesus with unbelief is always a sin. We must come to the end of ourselves and the end of the known road and after assessing the situation we come to Jesus in faith. We must cry out to God, as did Jehoshaphat when overpowered by his enemies, "For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon you.” There is a direct connection between faith-filled desperation before God and a miracle.
Are you there yet? Have you made the inventory and seen the bankruptcy of your situation? Now what? Hand wringing, complaining and frustration are all only delays to your miracle. Jesus is saying to all of us in this situation, "Bring them here to me!"
As you read this story in its entirety you can feel the anxiety of the disciples when Jesus told them to feed the 5,000. They saw the great need, they looked at their resources and they felt helpless and maybe hopeless. This is a critical point in the life of faith. We have all been confronted with a great need. If you haven’t, give it time, you will! We have held inventory of our supplies and realized the need was too great for us and we were tempted to despair. Maybe we did despair! It is such an interesting story because it sounds like Jesus, knowing the disciples could not meet the need of the multitude, asked them to meet the need anyway. He wasn't being cruel; He wanted them to see the uselessness of trying to meet an impossible need with only human supply. There is nothing wrong with meeting a need when we have enough provision to do it. As a matter of fact, that is what the Christian heart is supposed to do. We aren't supposed to ask the Lord to meet a need when we have it within our ability to meet that need. "But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?" (I John 3:17) But what about when we see a need and we can't fix it? That is our dilemma and it is also a portal to a miracle. How we approach the overpowering crisis of impossibility is a key to our walk with the Lord. Coming to Jesus without answers is never a sin. Coming to Jesus with unbelief is always a sin. We must come to the end of ourselves and the end of the known road and after assessing the situation we come to Jesus in faith. We must cry out to God, as did Jehoshaphat when overpowered by his enemies, "For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon you.” There is a direct connection between faith-filled desperation before God and a miracle.
Are you there yet? Have you made the inventory and seen the bankruptcy of your situation? Now what? Hand wringing, complaining and frustration are all only delays to your miracle. Jesus is saying to all of us in this situation, "Bring them here to me!"
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