Thursday, September 18, 2008

please, have my lunch.

I was listening to a sermon on Grace FM today, and I was SOOO convicted as I was walking (rapidly, because I was late) from TD Waterhouse Stadium to class! I can't for the life of me remember the name of the speaker, but she was talking about surrendering what little we have in order for God to use us fully.

She used the parable of the 5 barley loaves and 2 fish... pointing out that such a lunch implied that the boy who provided it was probably poor. I never thought about that little boy having the CHOICE to obey and give this measly lunch to Jesus - he could have refused to believe it would make any difference to a crowd of >5 000 people and given the disciples a hard time. 

That's what we are asked to do, with what little we have; because what we have is little. We know so little, we can only do so little, our 5 loaves and 2 fish are nothing compared to the great task we are meant to accomplish. On our own... there is no way we could feed ten people, let alone 5 000. We need Jesus... we need God to take the small lunch we have and multiply it with his awesomeness into something crazy-huge. Into something beautiful. 

I feel that these days I am being asked to surrender my lunch... and heaven knows it's so difficult to trust God enough to do so. But I want very much to do just that- to surrender my lunch completely... not hold anything back and let it be USED as it was meant to be used... to not just feed myself, but the people around me- the people I encounter everywhere I go. 

So... Lord... Yes. Have my lunch.

2 comments:

Lisa said...

the whole time i was reading your blog i was like 'eummm' 'eumm' making my agreement sounds~~

oh i better get to see you tomorrow cause i have to talk to you about cool things related to your book your reading...okay well its not that cool but yah!

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry ash! prototype!!! i was playing around with picassa from google. I will include you, eventually hahaha ;p

and yar! you want to go looking for my new pair of goggles too??? it would be great if i could get some interesting opinions from you girls.

i wonder how long she's staying?