Making Much Out Of Little

My kids absolutely love earning their own money and saving it up to go to the store to purchase something they have been really wanting. Lately it has been Lego friends. They absolutely love Lego friends and will work hard doing chores to earn some money to purchase new ones. Problem is, it seems like every time, one of my girls gets up to the counter and begins diligently counting her money out only to find that she does not have enough money for her new toy. I hate to see her so excited about her new toy only to find that her money earned is simply not enough. I often think about how this relates to us in our life. So many times, we want to give but feel like we simply don't have enough. Many times this causes us not to give at all. Not enough time to help others, not enough wisdom to share with others, not enough experience to help in this ministry or on this committee. Yes, many times it feels as though we simply aren't enough and don't have enough.

This week in my quite time, God brought this to my attention on two different occasions. When I am studying God's word and he shows me something several times, I know I need to listen a little closer! In Luke 9, we read of the story of the feeding of the five thousand people. The disciples tried to persuade Jesus to send the crowd away. In their eyes, they did not have the means to care for a crowd of this magnitude. But Jesus said to feed the people. He found a boy with five loaves and two fish.....so very little food for such a large number of hungry people. In reading the passage, we read that all five thousand were able to be fed. God took what was available, so very little, and made it MORE than enough. We see similar accounts like this in scripture on several occasions. God wants us to understand, if we are willing, He will make us able!

Ladies, God can take what we are willing to give, the very little time, wisdom, money, etc. and make much of it. We only have to be willing to be used, to give a little of our time or our resources and God can use them in a mighty way.

I pray each of us this week will look for opportunities to take what seems to be so little in our eyes and see what God can do with it.

Has there been a time in your life that you have had little to give but you have seen God use it in a mighty way? We would love for you to share in the comments below!

Katie