RENEWED BY A LITTLE CAKE.
MEMORISE:
And the angel of the LORD came
again the second time, and
touched him, and said, Arise and
eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
1 Kings 19:7.
READ: John 6:5-13.
5.When Jesus then lifted up his
eyes, and saw a great company
come unto him, he saith unto
Philip, Whence shall we buy
bread, that these may eat?
6.And this he said to prove him:
for he himself knew what he
would do.
7.Philip answered him, Two
hundred pennyworth of bread is
not sufficient for them, that every
one of them may take a little.
8.One of his disciples, Andrew,
Simon Peter's brother, saith unto
him,
9.There is a lad here, which hath
five barley loaves, and two small
fishes: but what are they among
so many?
10.And Jesus said, Make the men
sit down Now there was much
grass in the place. So the men sat
down, in number about five
thousand.
11.And Jesus took the loaves;
and when he had given thanks,
he distributed to the disciples,
and the disciples to them that
were set down; and likewise of
the fishes as much as they
would.
12.When they were filled, he said
unto his disciples, Gather up the
fragments that remain, that
nothing be lost.
13.Therefore they gathered them
together, and filled twelve
baskets with the fragments of
the five barley loaves, which
remained over and above unto
them that had eaten.
MESSAGE
God uses those who make
themselves available for Him. This
season, may He find you available
and use you to fulfil His good
purpose in Jesus' Name. In
today's Bible reading, when
Jesus wanted to feed the crowd
that came to listen to Him, there
was no food with which to carry
out this assignment. His disciples
suggested that the people be
sent away to take care of
themselves, but the Lord
disagreed and asked them to sit
them down. A little boy
volunteered his food, and the
Lord used it to feed the crowd.
This story is one of the wonders
of the Bible to me. If you give
some biscuits, sweets or
chocolate to a little boy, and you
then ask him to give you a little
out of it, what do you think will
happen? He will most likely put
the biscuit or sweet behind his
back and give you a stare that
tells you not to come near what
is his, especially if he is hungry.
When the boy in our Bible
reading left home, his parents
packed him some lunch, but
when someone told him that
Jesus needed his meal, he
immediately released it. May all
our children never hold back
from God what He has provided
for them in Jesus' Name.
Many years ago, I woke up one
morning at the Redemption
Camp feeling depressed (believe
it or not, this can happen to any
man of God). I had prayed all
night, and had been fasting for
days. I asked myself why I was
virtually trying to kill myself
praying, fasting and doing night
vigils, while the very people I was
doing all these for never cared
about me. It was always about
them. Each time they saw me,
they would come with requests:
"Daddy pray for us", "Daddy do
this" and "Daddy do that".
Those who were a bit nice would
say, "Daddy, make sure you take
some rest, but solve my problem
first." When praying for me, they
would say, "May God preserve
you for us." Why should I kill
myself over people who were
only interested in using me to
reach their goals? In that state, I
slept off as I laid my head on the
table. By the time I woke up, a
little girl who had come with her
parents all the way from Victoria
Island, Lagos, was standing by
my side. "Daddy", she said, "I
don't know the voice of God, but
this morning when I woke up,
God asked me to take this little
cake to you. I know it cannot be
the devil, because he would
never ask me to give my cake to
a pastor." As she was leaving,
God said to me, "I thought you
said nobody cares?" With that, I
snapped out of depression and
was on fire again. Are you just
using your pastor? In what way
have you encouraged him or
her?
PRAYER POINT:
Sweet Holy Spirit, comfort all
ministers of the gospel of Jesus
Christ who are on the verge of
discouragement or depression.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR :
GENESIS 31:1-32:21 AND JOHN 17:20-18:14.
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