Too Little

There are times in our lives when all we have is too little. We think of what is expected of us and we get to the conclusion that we are without adequate resources. Those times are always with us especially when we compare today’s income with tomorrow’s demands. One thing amazes me, when we think of how inefficient we are in those moments, those that demand from us are only looking at how efficient we are.

Learning From The Master.
A closer look at the life of Christ reveals that this phenomenon is not new or strange. When on the mountain preaching, a demand arose that necessitated the services of La Plate Café. He had to get in touch with the outdoor catering service providers very quickly. But how a carpenter preacher do that with no funds at all? The question is as hard as the possibilities are small. He took a look into what was available and that is what He shared with those around. Now, many times our eyes are open tot the miracle that is so clearly brought out in this passage and we don’t see the golden principle that lies with in.

The Principle.
Christ reveals to us that we are only inadequate when we think needs and not supply. I believe there is a lot that the father wants to give to us but we are tightly held up in what our needs are and what we have. We have left many need that we could have attended to unmet because we were scared of walking on thin air tomorrow. I am not asking you to give all you have, I am asking you to learn to trust God in both the times of plenty and those of scarcity. Jeremiah put it very well. Jeremiah 17;5-8 Amp

5Thus says the Lord: Cursed [with great evil] is the strong man who trusts in and relies on frail man, making weak [human] flesh his arm, and whose mind and heart turn aside from the Lord.
6For he shall be like a shrub or a person naked and destitute in the desert; and he shall not see any good come, but shall dwell in the parched places in the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land.
7[Most] blessed is the man who believes in, trusts in, and relies on the Lord, and whose hope and confidence the Lord is.
8For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters that spreads out its roots by the river; and it shall not see and fear when heat comes; but its leaf shall be green. It shall not be anxious and full of care in the year of drought, nor shall it cease yielding fruit.
You ask yourself at this point, where is your trust? I have written before that maturity is a decision we make. Many times we fail to mature in our trust in God simply because we looked at only what we expect to earn and we forgot to look at what He is able to do in our lives, we forget that He is as mindful of our lives as He is of those people that put demands upon our lives.

Christ calls us the Light of the world. The darkness is very wide and broad. Some people are in depressions, others in poverty, several in want, many are just lonely and in need of our time. When we think of want we ignore God’s ability to be our source, actually in many cases we disregard His desire to see us well. We shift all our focus upon ourselves, jobs, incomes, schedules and so on.

Many people have gone without because the light was too scared of burning out not remembering that our source is never out. The next time you choose to do or not to, remember that you are making a decision to either mature in your trust or not to. the benefits of trusting God are numerous as that passage of scripture clearly indicates. But remember that it is not a question of giving what you have to those in need, it is a question of the mindset with which you give. Is it because you have trusted in God or because you feel forced to give?

Our lives as we know them have a strange ability of growing big. I have just started working and earning an income but it is amazing how fast people want to share that income with me. Do I give it all away? No, but I give to them as they come and God in His faithfulness finds ways of giving me again. Giving me the resources and those that are in need of those resources.

I could choose to say that the devil is sending them my way but that would be so blind of me. Who would direct the thirsty to water? I think the devil would be more glad to see them waste. Me, he is without the power to waste me.

Learn this lesson from a candle, in its endeavor to give out light it burns out. But it realizes that is the only way it can do its work. And because of that sacrifice many marriages have been mended, started, and made stronger. Cathedrals look more beautiful and many dinners have tasted better. That is what it means to be the Light, to the poor, angry, sorrowful, lost and empty, you go and shine.

You are not with little if your source is the Lord of all. As I write this I am watching much of what I have go out to those in need. But when I pause to refrain from giving I realize that I am making a decision not to grow, that I am forgetting that people are more important than all my fears and predictions. I realize that I have more away from me than with me but that what I have is all I can share.

See you my friend on the other side of joy, the joy of experiencing God in all you do even when you thought you had run our. There is a river in you that will never run dry. Give love, give to love, give with love.