Availability Not Ability
When we make ourselves available
God shows up and He performs the miracle
The 5,000 and the 4,000 needed food
For they had followed Jesus and listened to His teaching
They were hungry
They were in remote places with no food
No access to buy any food
Jesus asked how much food was around
Five loaves and two fish for the 5,000
Seven loaves and a few small fish for the 4,000
The disciples passed out the bread and the fish to the crowd
They participated in distributing the food to the hungry
The disciples did not perform the miracle of multiplying the food
They made themselves available to be
Conduits
of God’s miracle
Jesus was the One Who performed the miracle
Elijah went to the widow and asked her to
First bake him bread
From the handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug
Enough to make one loaf as her and her son’s last meal
Then they will wait for death from starvation
When the widow used the flour and the olive oil to bake the bread
God enabled the flour and the oil to not run out
So the widow
Her son
and Elijah
Were able to have bread to eat
Every day
God shows up when we participate
In His miracle
God is the Miracle Maker
We get to be the conduits of
His miracle
His work
When Jesus broke the bread and the fish
If the disciples decided not to pass out the bread and the fish
The people would not have gotten fed
The widow could have not followed Elijah’s directions
She and her son would indeed have their last meal
And died of starvation after
But because they were
Available
Willing
Obedient
The disciples got to reap
The widow got to benefit from
Being
Witnesses
Participants
Beneficiaries
Of
God’s miracles
The Holy Spirit is perpetually at work
His Living River is constantly flowing
When we choose to jump into
The Living River of the Holy Spirit
Its currents carry us
We get to
Experience God’s work in the world
God’s miracles of
Healing
Saving
Rescuing
Setting people free
Providing
Comforting
And loving His people
We become privileged
Witnesses
Participants
Beneficiaries
of God’s work
His miraculous work
Through us
Although He does not need us
For God will accomplish His work regardless
But out of His love
God invites us to be participants
of His work
So we can be blessed
For taking part in
His miracles
Jump in
Get in on the action
So we can be active participants of
God’s work of miracles and
Be blessed
Today
