Friday, November 26, 2010
Matthew 15: 36-38
And He took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did eat, and were filled; and they took up of the broken pieces that were left seven baskets full. And they that did eat were four thousand men, besides women and children.
THANKSGIVING MULTIPLIES WHAT WE OFFER TO HIM
A little lad offered his lunch to JESUS and JESUS gave thanks for the offering, with it His disciples fed 4000 men, plus the women and children. What strikes me in this story of JESUS, is that the offering was very little, yet JESUS gave thanks for it and it met the need of all the people, with abundance. Thankfulness, which is the gratitude of the heart, turns a little bit into enough to meet the need with more left over.
I was watching the news this week and was touched by a story of a homeless man who found a backpack of an ASU Student. It contained $3300.00 that the student was going to use to buy a car. The Homeless man returned the backpack to the student, after finding his address on the student laptop. The student gave thanks to the man and gave him a token reward. The Phoenix, AZ. news picked up the story, and this homeless man has had job offers, offers to fix his teeth for free, and more cash money than the backpack contained. GOODNESS, MERCY AND THANKSGIVING FROM THE LORD, HAS FOLLOWED THE SIMPLE OFFERING OF HONESTY FROM A HOMELESS MAN. He said that the homeless community, too, has thanked him for helping with the image that people have of homeless people.
You and I can join JESUS, this homeless man and the ASU Student in giving thanks for the littlest things, because GOD is glorified in the little offerings. I think about the widow who gave everything to GOD and the LORD blessed her. I think about the widow and her son who gave the last bread and oil to the Prophet and GOD multiplied the offering so that her oil never ran out. Everything that we offer to GOD with thanksgiving, opens the door of heaven and the grace of our LORD JESUS Christ pours out.
THANKS BE TO GOD FOR ALL HIS GREAT GOODNESS TO US.
Matthew 15: 36-38
And He took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did eat, and were filled; and they took up of the broken pieces that were left seven baskets full. And they that did eat were four thousand men, besides women and children.
THANKSGIVING MULTIPLIES WHAT WE OFFER TO HIM
A little lad offered his lunch to JESUS and JESUS gave thanks for the offering, with it His disciples fed 4000 men, plus the women and children. What strikes me in this story of JESUS, is that the offering was very little, yet JESUS gave thanks for it and it met the need of all the people, with abundance. Thankfulness, which is the gratitude of the heart, turns a little bit into enough to meet the need with more left over.
I was watching the news this week and was touched by a story of a homeless man who found a backpack of an ASU Student. It contained $3300.00 that the student was going to use to buy a car. The Homeless man returned the backpack to the student, after finding his address on the student laptop. The student gave thanks to the man and gave him a token reward. The Phoenix, AZ. news picked up the story, and this homeless man has had job offers, offers to fix his teeth for free, and more cash money than the backpack contained. GOODNESS, MERCY AND THANKSGIVING FROM THE LORD, HAS FOLLOWED THE SIMPLE OFFERING OF HONESTY FROM A HOMELESS MAN. He said that the homeless community, too, has thanked him for helping with the image that people have of homeless people.
You and I can join JESUS, this homeless man and the ASU Student in giving thanks for the littlest things, because GOD is glorified in the little offerings. I think about the widow who gave everything to GOD and the LORD blessed her. I think about the widow and her son who gave the last bread and oil to the Prophet and GOD multiplied the offering so that her oil never ran out. Everything that we offer to GOD with thanksgiving, opens the door of heaven and the grace of our LORD JESUS Christ pours out.
THANKS BE TO GOD FOR ALL HIS GREAT GOODNESS TO US.
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