From Meager Means

I am sure that if you are anything like me, you often get caught up in stories of those that started from meager means and made a fortune. I mean, it’s only natural that we are attracted to those that have done well; besides, who doesn’t like the real-life drama of a true rags to riches story.

But life is more than riches ….life is about using all that God has gifted you with so that you can make an eternal difference. The one truth that no one escapes is that death comes to us all…so we need to make the most of the time that we have been given and the talents that have been entrusted to each of us.

Now, if you are like me, it is easy to look around and find others that have so much to offer, all the while, discounting the talents given to you. But from meager means much can be accomplished when placed in the Savior’s hands. Case in point, the feeding of the five thousand….John 6: 5-9 reads, “When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!” Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”

Jesus was faced with meager means and the perplexed disposition of his disciples, but He already knew the outcome of what would happen next. He had the disciples seat the multitude and then he took the small lunch of this young boy; he blessed it and gave thanks; them he began to break it and distribute to the hungry crowd…. EVERYONE WAS FEED AND THERE WAS TWELVE BASKETS OF LEFTOVERS TAKEN UP FROM THE FRAGMENTS REMAINING.

God works the same way in the lives of each of us…consider the Sunday school teacher from Boston, Edward Kimball, who went to visit a young man from his class to be sure that he was a Christian…that young man who he led to the Lord that day was Dwight L. Moody, the great evangelist of the 19th century. Moody had a direct impact on Wilbur Chapman, a prominent evangelist that recruited Billy Sunday to join him in his evangelistic ministry. In a short time, Billy Sunday was led by God to start a national campaign that had great results in cities like Charlotte. It was there in Charlotte that an organization was formed in direct results of Sunday’s revival. This group invited Mordecai Ham to speak at one of their revival services and in that crowd that evening was a young teenage boy named Billy Graham. Billy Graham accepted Christ that evening; and since that evening, God has used this man to lead millions to the life-saving knowledge of Jesus.

Meager means when placed in the Lord’s hands equals INCALCUABLE RESULTS.

So, remember in those times that you seem to think that you have little to offer the Lord …God honors the faithfulness of his children ….give Him the “small things” that you consider insignificant and be prepared to see Him manifest His glory and accomplish His purpose through you.

Living For Him in Meager Means,

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