Have you ever wanted to live for God but felt overwhelmed by his
calling? Have you ever had the
desire to change the world only to look at the task at hand and discover that it
was impossible for you to accomplish?
In the Christian life it is easy to view ourselves as just one person
that can’t possibly have a major impact on the world.
But can I urge that as common as these thoughts seem to believers they
are wrong. In John chapter 6
starting in verse 1, we see the story of Jesus feeding the multitude that had
come to hear him speak. As Jesus
looks upon the multitude he asks, “Whence shall we buy bread that these may
eat?” As you continue through this
passage Simon Peter gives the answer that I believe many believers give God
today when he calls them to action.
Verse 9 says, “There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and
two small fishes: BUT WHAT ARE THEY
AMONG SO MANY?” The five loaves
and two fish were all that this little boy had, but he was willing to give them
to Jesus. The boy gave them to
Jesus and he multiplied them so much so that it fed the whole crowd and there
were 12 buckets of fragments remaining.
I believe that we can learn so much from this young boy’s giving heart
and this passage. God is not asking
us to change the world; he just wants us to give our lives to him.
He does not expect us to have all the tools to accomplish this great
task; he just wants us to lay down everything we have at his feet.
If God can take five loaves of bread and two fish and feed a crowd of
5,000 plus, imagine what he can do with the lives of believers that are fully
surrendered to his service.
The great basketball Coach John Wooden once said, “It's the little
details that are vital. Little things make big things
happen.”
You may look at your life and think that there is nothing significant in
it that God could use to do a mighty work, but can I tell you that you are
Wrong! God desires that we
surrender to him the little bit that we have no matter how insignificant it may
seem. After all, we could never
change the world on our own no matter how great we may think we are, because
Jesus Christ is the Hero. It’s all
about him, and it is by his power alone that we may see revival in our day.
As believers we must remember that we are not going to reach the whole
world with the Gospel in one day, but that does not mean we should be
discouraged. God’s word teaches us
that our goal to reach the world should be one person at a time.
Luke 15:10 says, “Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence
of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
I challenge you not to become overwhelmed with the task, but be willing
to give God your five loaves and 2 fish and watch the amazing things that he can do
with them. Just imagine if you made
it a goal to share the Gospel with just one person a day, then at the end of a
year you will have shared the Gospel with 365 people.
One a day does not seem like much, but look at how much your faithfulness
to God would multiply overtime. My
prayer is that as the body of Christ we would become just like the boy in John
Chapter 6, that we would place everything we have into the hands of the Master
and let him do exceedingly great things that we could have never even
imagined.
God Bless you all,
Corbett Casteen
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