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