Jesus gave authority to His disciples to go and preach the kingdom of God and heal sick and cast out demons. He told them not to carry anything but wherever they were received to stay there. Wherever they were not received they were to shake dust off their feet as a testimony against them.
We see here that Jesus sent disciples who had stayed with Him and learnt from Him and saw his standard of life, His priorities, the way He handled different matters. He had been with them and taught them before He sent them. The Lord even today longs to be with us and that we may learn from Him before He can use us.
Herod heard all that happened and got perplexed thinking that John or one of the prophets had risen from the dead.
He had beheaded John and kept wanting to see this man who performed miracles.
When the apostles returned, they told Jesus everything they had done. Then he slipped quietly away with them toward the town of Bethsaida.
The crowd knew this and followed Him and He taught them about the kingdom of God.
The disciples asked Jesus to send the crowds away to but food themselves but Jesus told them that they were to feed them. The only had five loaves and two fish.
People sat in groups of fifty and Jesus took the breaded, looked to heaven broke it and gave the disciples to give to the groups.
We see here that the crowds were not fed by one disciple but all of them. They had first given to Jesus everything they had and Jesus received and blessed and broke it and only then could it be used to feed the people.
In the same way today, it is not one ministry that will bless the crowds but it will take all the disciples. But they must first surrender everything they have to Christ and Christ to receive it and bless it by the and then break it.
We surrender everything to Christ, He takes us and blessed us by anointing if the Holy Spirit but that is not enough; we must be broken if we are to be used to feed the crowds. Our self-will and self confidence and pride must be broken so that we will not boast of anything God does through us and we'll not have confidence in the flesh; that is; we'll know left to ourselves we can accomplish nothing of eternal value. We'll not move unless God is with us
Unfortunately it is the last stage of brokenness that God is unable to accomplish in us though He has succeeded in some by complete surrender and anointing with the Holy Spirit.
The difficult situations God allows to come in our lives are to break us and humble us but unfortunately we do not let patience complete it's work in us when we go through trials and thus God is not able to make is complete and perfect and lacking in nothing. See James 1:2-4
Will you ask God to help you that He will accomplish in you the perfect work He desires through the trials you face to make you perfect and complete that you will lack nothing?
Many trials have been wasted in your life because you murmured and complained not realising that it was God who was breaking you that He may make you a blessing to many. So far God has not been able to accomplish much in you and through you but it does not have to continue that way. Allow patience to complete it's work in you and God will use you to bless many people and they will eat and be satisfied.
You are blessed to be a blessing
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