“But He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." And when they found out they said, "Five, and two fish." (Mark 6:38)
The story of how the Lord fed thousands of people on five loaves of bread and two pieces of fish is well-known. Let us look at five important loaves that we all have which we can offer to God through Christ Jesus in demonstration of our love, our obedience, and our faith.
Our first loaf is our life. Although Jesus Christ is Lord and Saviour forever, He does not force Himself on anyone. He gives everyone an open invitation. When we accept that invitation, we can no longer do whatever we like with our life. We have to surrender to God so that our life can be controlled by Him.
There is no way we can succeed in our relationship with God until Jesus is truly fully in control of our life. No matter how many other loaves we offer up to God, it is actually pointless if we did not offer Him first our life. God wants us to be people who live exclusively for Him and for Him alone. Have you offered God the loaf of your life?
Our second loaf is our love. One major sign that we have offered God our life is that we will love Him with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our strength. When we truly love God, there will be such a great passion in our heart to obey Him and to serve Him. We will be very generous and faithful towards Him, towards His house and towards His people. When you look at the way you spend your money and the way you spend your time, can you say you have offered God the loaf of your love?
Our third loaf is our trust. Although people come to Church it does not mean that they actually fully trust in God. To trust God is to depend completely on Him, to believe in His word, to have unshakeable confidence in His goodness, His greatness and His grace. For most people trust is not a simple thing when it comes to trusting in God. It is the greatest challenge that they actually face in life. However, when we trust God, we can genuinely experience the peace of God that passes all understanding when life is tough. When we trust God, it will show practically in everything that we do. Have you offered God the loaf of your trust?
Our fourth loaf is our worship. To worship is to spend time exclusively in prayer, in praise and adoration of God. In order to worship, we have to break off from our own daily routines, and spend the time exclusively in the presence of God, giving Him our wholehearted worship. If we do not make time for God, we discover that we spend our time on many other types of activities which have no direct or even indirect focus on God as our Maker, our Redeemer and our Sustainer. God does want our worship, our whole worship, it is during worship that we give the best time to God, the best attention to His word, and we make Him the sole focus of our life! Have you offered God the loaf of your worship?
Our fifth loaf is our work. Our work is our vocation in life, our employment, our paid or unpaid job. Our work is whatever we do using the skills and wisdom that God has given us. Our work is everything that we do with particular attention and detail – something that requires our time and our effort. The Bible teaches us that whatever we do we should do it as if for the Lord. Have you offered God the loaf of your work?
May the Lord bless you according to the loaves that you offer generously to Him. Amen.
The story of how the Lord fed thousands of people on five loaves of bread and two pieces of fish is well-known. Let us look at five important loaves that we all have which we can offer to God through Christ Jesus in demonstration of our love, our obedience, and our faith.
Our first loaf is our life. Although Jesus Christ is Lord and Saviour forever, He does not force Himself on anyone. He gives everyone an open invitation. When we accept that invitation, we can no longer do whatever we like with our life. We have to surrender to God so that our life can be controlled by Him.
There is no way we can succeed in our relationship with God until Jesus is truly fully in control of our life. No matter how many other loaves we offer up to God, it is actually pointless if we did not offer Him first our life. God wants us to be people who live exclusively for Him and for Him alone. Have you offered God the loaf of your life?
Our second loaf is our love. One major sign that we have offered God our life is that we will love Him with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our strength. When we truly love God, there will be such a great passion in our heart to obey Him and to serve Him. We will be very generous and faithful towards Him, towards His house and towards His people. When you look at the way you spend your money and the way you spend your time, can you say you have offered God the loaf of your love?
Our third loaf is our trust. Although people come to Church it does not mean that they actually fully trust in God. To trust God is to depend completely on Him, to believe in His word, to have unshakeable confidence in His goodness, His greatness and His grace. For most people trust is not a simple thing when it comes to trusting in God. It is the greatest challenge that they actually face in life. However, when we trust God, we can genuinely experience the peace of God that passes all understanding when life is tough. When we trust God, it will show practically in everything that we do. Have you offered God the loaf of your trust?
Our fourth loaf is our worship. To worship is to spend time exclusively in prayer, in praise and adoration of God. In order to worship, we have to break off from our own daily routines, and spend the time exclusively in the presence of God, giving Him our wholehearted worship. If we do not make time for God, we discover that we spend our time on many other types of activities which have no direct or even indirect focus on God as our Maker, our Redeemer and our Sustainer. God does want our worship, our whole worship, it is during worship that we give the best time to God, the best attention to His word, and we make Him the sole focus of our life! Have you offered God the loaf of your worship?
Our fifth loaf is our work. Our work is our vocation in life, our employment, our paid or unpaid job. Our work is whatever we do using the skills and wisdom that God has given us. Our work is everything that we do with particular attention and detail – something that requires our time and our effort. The Bible teaches us that whatever we do we should do it as if for the Lord. Have you offered God the loaf of your work?
May the Lord bless you according to the loaves that you offer generously to Him. Amen.
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