[I originally posted these thoughts on my running blog. I’m sharing them here a couple weeks later.]
Yesterday I was reading in Matthew and came to the Scripture in which Jesus is walking on water out to the disciples near Genessaret. But just before that, he had been teaching all day and felt compassion on his students whom had not eaten all day.
At that point, he tells his disciples, feed the people. They respond out of what they don’t have. In response to their incredulity, he says, bring me what you have: five loaves and two fish. Jesus then gives thanks for what they do have, and he proceeds to feed the people with it.
Then it dawned on me. God says to us to bring him what we have, give thanks for what we have, and watch him work with it. He works with what you’ve got, not your worries about what you don’t.
It’s important we catch this lesson and trust him with our resources.