You Give Them Something to Eat

 

But He said to them, “You give them something to eat!” Luke 9:13

 These words have impacted me as much as any in the Bible over the last ten years. Here are a few lessons I have learned from them. (For the fuller context, read Luke 9:12-17.)

Sometimes God’s assignments will be counter to what we think wise and will trump want we want to do. The disciples wanted nothing to do with this crowd. They wanted to send them away. Jesus wouldn’t let them.
Jesus wants us to care for the immediate needs around us. There was no great ministry plan or strategy needed here. There were hungry people around Jesus’ disciples, and Jesus expected them to feed them.
Vision is not limited by our perceived provision. By the disciples’ count, they only had a few loaves and some fish. Their perceived provision was very small. But the vision Jesus gave them, and the assignment he set before them required far more resources than they had on hand. That didn’t stop Jesus and it shouldn’t stop us. In weighing obedience to God, we should never set limits on what we are willing to risk for God based on the resources we think we have. God’s assignment on your life will always require more than what you think you can do.
God assignments are God-sized, not man-sized. God will not call you to do something that you can just go and do. He will call you to do something that you cannot go and do. He will call you to something that only he can do. If you can accomplish what you perceive to be the will of God without the miraculous provision of God, then you have missed the will of God.

What crowd is God calling you to feed? What assignment are you dodging because you think you don’t have the resources?

Of course you don’t have the resources! That’s the point. Step out in obedience, embrace God’s God-sized call on your life, and then watch Him feed a crowd through you.

Father, help us to look at Your vision, not our perceived provision, as we discern what You are calling us to do. In Jesus’ name . . .

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