Sun Inspiration

Morning Inspiration with Pastor Merritt

“Jesus said, ‘Have the people sit down.’ Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted.” (John 6:10-11)

The disciples are already thinking that Jesus has totally lost His mind. Then He does something really outrageous. He gives thanks! I don’t know what He said in that thanksgiving prayer, but I am sure He thanked God for that little boy. I am sure He thanked God for that little boy’s faith. I am sure He thanked God for that little boy’s food and I am sure He thanked God for the opportunity to demonstrate the law of the leftovers.

What you are seeing is the way that God operates. Jesus asks for what He wants. We should give to Jesus what He asks. Jesus will then use what we give. Are you ready for this? God loves to use the little things. It is not that God can’t use big things, but He loves to use the little things, because that is when He gets the greatest glory and that is when He grows the greatest faith.

You may think what you have to give to God is small. You may think it is insignificant. You may think it really doesn’t matter. Some of the greatest things that God ever uses are little things.

Think of all the little things that God used in the Bible to accomplish unbelievable things: a sling-shot of a shepherd boy, a widow’s mite, a teenage, poverty-stricken, virgin girl, and faith the size of a mustard seed.

Think about this. Do you know what really determines the value of something? Whose hands it is put in. You can buy a major-league baseball on Amazon for about $12. If you bought that baseball and put it in my hands it would be worth about $12. If you put it into the hands of a top-shelf major-league pitcher that baseball is worth millions. What made that little boy’s lunch so valuable was not how big it was, but what he did with it. I want you to hear this clearly. The only thing you have that is of any value is what you are willing to give to God.