Multiplying your loaves - I

                                                

What do you do when what you have in your hands seems insufficient? For many people, the real challenge isn’t really that they don’t have anything, but that what they have in their hands today isn’t necessarily enough and they don't know what to do about it. Well, even for someone who says I have nothing, there is still something in the hands of such a person regardless of how insignificant it may appear.

The important thing in multiplying your loaves is to first and foremost acknowledge that you have something, and that what you have is of some value regardless of how insignificant it may appear to other people, and even possibly to you. Without this realization, there can be no release of the power required for the internal workings that is needed for the multiplication process to begin. So, there must first be an acknowledgement and an appreciation for what you have in your hands right now.

Someone may say that the reason I have very little today is that I haven’t gotten an education or because I am disadvantaged in some way. If you choose to focus on what you lack as a limiting factor, rather than looking at what you have, then you will never be able to multiply what you have.

In John’s gospel chapter 6, the story is recorded of how Jesus was confronted with the challenge of feeding the multitude that had tarried with Him a few days. Putting the same principle to work, He asked His disciples for what was available. One of the disciples despitefully responded that all they had was just five loaves of bread and two fishes, but what is that among these number of people.

Now, you see the picture more clearly; they had something, but someone saw it as worthless in the face of the prevailing circumstance. Thank God for Jesus, He did not despise what they had, rather, He showed some form of appreciation that at least, they had something to begin with. Don’t despise what you have in your hands right now, no matter how little or insignificant, it is more than sufficient to start off the miracle of multiplication for you.

The crucial thing is to acknowledge that you have something you can start with, and then with gratitude, handover what you have to God for His blessing to rest upon it. Bear in mind that you cannot multiply nothing, hence, the thought that I have nothing does not hold here. There must be something you have that God can begin with, but you also must first acknowledge that it is something of value in the eyes of God even though despised by men. Then with a heart of thanksgiving, submit it to God, acknowledging that God can use this seemingly insignificant thing to bring about a multiplication in your life to move you up to the next level.

What you need is within your reach right now, the moment you realize this and begin to thank God, you will no longer despise the little you have. You will hold it in high esteem, and even though those around you may mock you as being a failure, you will know deep within you that you have got the necessary requirement for the process of multiplication to begin.