Thursday... There is more to it.

You have possibly heard of how Jesus took five loaves and two fish and He fed 5,000 + people. Now that was a tremendous miracle but there was more to it.

Luke tells of this happening over in Luke 9:10-17 (NLT). It was a tremendous miracle but look at what verse 14 says, "For there were about 5,000 men there. Jesus replied, 'Tell them to sit down in groups of about fifty each." Now how many groups would that possibly be and how many disciples were there? Well, we don't know how many groups because it says there were 5,000 men not counting the women or kids but there were only twelve disciples.

He goes on in verses 15-17, "So the people all sat down. Jesus took the fives loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and blessed them. Then, breaking the loaves into pieces, he kept giving the bread and fish to the disciples so they could distribute it to the people. They all ate as much as they wanted, and afterward, the disciples picked up twelve baskets of leftovers!" The disciples picked them up and they also gave them out. Yes Jesus did the miracle but there was more to it. The disciples distributed and picked up. That was a major job. Yes there was a great miracle but there was also a lot of work to be done. The disciples had to be worn out. But they did their part and it was amazing.

Yes, God may work a miracle and give us the opportunity but we still have to get up five days a week and go do it. I'm sure that at sometime in the middle of the distributing the disciples were worn out. They could have said, 'Would you quit breaking these loaves into pieces. I am really getting tired." And then they had to pick up the leftovers. We can even gripe in the middle of a miracle, can't we?

But God gives us the strength to handle the part that we must do in what He does. God does His part but there is always more to it. We too have a part to play. What part does God have for us to do in the miracle that we are asking Him to do in our life and are we doing it without complaining? We need to remember, there is more to it. There is a part for us to play. And may the Holy Spirit show you the part you must play in the miracle you are asking Him to do. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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