Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Did Someone Order Lunch? 1/27/2016

Good Morning,

Did you see that moon last night? How awesome was that? God is so good to paint a night time portrait for us to see before bed. Then I get to wake up to a hot cup of Door County Autumn Spice Coffee. Blessings on top of blessings, this is nice.

My nephew and his buddies like to ice fish. I am more of a warm weather fisherman but what we both have in common is that we like a good fish fry. I especially like a shore lunch of fried fish with a side of potatoes and some pork and beans. Nothing like eating what you caught for lunch.

When I am out fishing I can't help but be thankful for a day of relaxation and fun. My mind often wanders to one of my favorite passages in the Bible.

John 6:1-14

Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. The Jewish Passover Festival was near.
When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”
Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”
10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). 11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” 13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
14 After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

Jesus used the lunch of a boy to feed 5000 men. He could have done anything to produce lunch for this large crowd, like pizza from heaven or a pheasants flying in to be grilled. But Jesus used the meager lunch of a young boy and multiplied it thousands of times over and produced a meal for the crowd. What I always found amazing was this. The boy gave up His lunch because the Savior could use it. He had to give up what was probably packed by his mother, with instructions to eat it all. That was probably all he had in the world that day.

What would you give up to help feed someone or clothe them today? Do you drive by the guy that has a sign which says "Will Work For Food"?  How many warm coats do you need?  I think we can learn a lot from that kid. Jesus will call on you to give something up for others. It could be your time, money or talents. Are you willing to "give it up"?

Food for thought.

Marty

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