By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. "This is a remote place," they said, "and it's already very late. Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat." But he answered, "You give them something to eat."
They said to him, "That would take more than half a year's wages! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?" "How many loaves do you have?" he asked. "Go and see."
When they found out, they said, "Five—and two fish." (Mark 6:35-38 NIV)
This is an amazing story of Jesus feeding five thousand men, but there is something else that we can get out of it.
The disciples are trying to tell Jesus that it is about time to wrap it up for the day because it is around dinner time and the people had to have time to get something to eat. Jesus tells them to give the people something to eat. The disciples think that Jesus has gone crazy! They tell Him that it would take 6 months pay to feed all of these people. Then Jesus asks them how many loaves they have. They tell Him five, then He blesses it and uses it to minister to the people He was feeding.
I believe that Jesus is using this to show us that He has given all of us a gift that He can use to minister to people, if we allow Him. He has given all of us a gift that He can use to minister to people in our current situation, no matter what that situation looks like. So often we focus on what we think we need to do ministry, but God has given us what we need!
Use the gifts that God has given you and allow Him to use them to do His ministry through you.
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