Multiplying your loaves - II

To do a brief recap, we established that multiplying your loaves begins first with an appreciation of what you have in your hands regardless of how insignificant it looks and even if it is despised by others. The power required for the internal workings for the multiplication process to begin only kicks in once this condition is fulfilled.

When this appreciation for what you have in your hands finally hits you, then you come to the place where you can sit. Sitting here does not connote inaction, but rather a readiness to settle down in order to let the greater one take control and lead you on what steps to take to see the realization of the multiplication.

Again, we turn to our example from scriptures in John’s gospel chapter 6. Jesus was about to feed a waiting multitude, it appeared first like they had nothing, then they realized that they had something even though little compared to the size of the need. Others despised the little but Jesus did not. He showed an appreciation for the little they had, and then He ordered the people to be seated.

Multiplication does not happen by being unsettled or by running up and down, trying to get things to work all in your own effort. Usually, nothing or little will come out from such an unsettled life. You must settle down first with the little you have today so that you can begin to cultivate it into something great. I once heard something profound from a certain minister of the gospel, that when you plant a seed in the ground, the seed does not need to go about looking for nutrients to make it grow, rather, it settles down where it is planted and all the nutrients required for it to germinate, grow and bear fruits will meet it right there where it was sown.

It is unfortunate that some people just find it very difficult to settle down and allow the nutrients they need to be successful in life meet them where they have been planted. The story is told in the book Acres of Diamond, about a man who was told that he was going to have great riches. So, this man travelled all across the world looking to get the riches, but he got nothing from all his travels. Then he returned back as an old worn out fellow to his farm that he had left many years ago. He decided to dig a well for water on his farm and no sooner had they begun to dig that they found diamonds there. So, what he went seeking all his youthful years and returned broke and worn out was within his reach all along – right there on his farm.

Don’t allow yourself to be caught up in the buzz of hustling, to the point that you refuse to settle down to properly evaluate what you have in your hands, and to give attention to the direction that God is leading per time. All that is needed for your next level, God has already positioned within your reach right now. You may not be seeing it clearly because you may be distracted, but as you sit, you will begin to see clearly, and God will show you the very things you must do to experience a multiplication of your loaves.