Multiply your Seeds
“They reasoned with one another, saying, “It’s because we have no bread.” Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, “Why do you reason that it’s because you have no bread? Don’t you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened? Having eyes, don’t you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember? When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Twelve.” “When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Seven.” He asked them, “Don’t you understand, yet?”” (Mark 8:16-21 WEB)
Are you reasoning in your heart, “Oh it’s because I don’t have that, that is why my life is doomed for failure.”
When Jesus multiplied the bread and fishes, He used less food to feed more people.
For the five thousand men, He started with 5 loaves and 2 fishes. After the multiplication, there were 12 baskets full of leftovers.
For the four thousand men, Jesus started with 7 loaves and a few small fishes. After the miracle, there were only 7 baskets full of leftovers.
So since the disciples did not bring any bread with them, based on the pattern, Jesus would be able to miraculously form much more bread than in the previous two miracles, if there was a need!
Your lack is not a problem for God. In fact, the weaker you are in the natural, the more perfectly God’s grace will be demonstrated in that very area.
What is it that you need? Is it finances? Perhaps you feel like you are starting with only 1 loaf and 1 fish. Great—you qualify for great grace! Sow what the Holy Spirit puts in your heart and thank God for supplying all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
He will take that little and begin multiplying it into much. Don’t forget, the little boy had to hand over his lunch before he could see the multiplication miracle. Who has the biggest right to bring home the 12 baskets full of leftovers? The little boy of course!
This is the part where many Christians fail. Once they have to offer something, especially money, they start to justify why it is not needed anymore, and they convince themselves that the church is just trying to rip them off.
The same ones are okay with spending frivolously on entertainment and enjoyment, but seal up their pockets when it comes to giving as unto the Lord.
This is due to lack of understanding about the principle of sowing and reaping. This is the way that God has ordained for seed to be multiplied to the sower.
There is nothing better you can do than to sow into God’s kingdom. Sponsor the Gospel of Jesus Christ and feed the widows and orphans, especially from the same household of faith. Act on this word in faith, and see what happens!
The 37 recorded miracles of Jesus Christ in the four gospels show us God’s heart of love and Grace towards us. As you explore them in “Messiah’s Miracles”, faith will arise in your heart to receive miraculous breakthroughs in your own life: https://bit.ly/messiahs-miracles
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Possess God’s Peace
“Until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest. Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field. The work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.” (Isaiah 32:15-17 WEB)
This prophecy declared by the prophet Isaiah is in the process of partial fulfillment. The Spirit has been poured out on us from on high ever since the Day of Pentecost when Jesus first sent His Spirit to baptize the disciples in Jerusalem.
The wilderness represents Israel which has become a fruitful field (the place where salvation starts spreading from), and will eventually become full of life as a forest, during the future Millennial reign of Christ.
Through Jesus’ work of righteousness at the cross, we already have peace with God.
Since we have become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, we have an everlasting quietness and confidence in our spirit.
There is no need to struggle or strive to justify ourselves before God or anyone else. We know that the payment has been completed and that God has fully accepted us.
Born-again believers ought to be the most peaceful and quietly-confident people on earth, exuding the kind of regality that Jesus has. This confidence comes from knowing that you are God’s child, lacking nothing and having everything.
This shalom is your portion. Possess this inheritance that the world cannot give. No amount of pills, therapy, or chemicals can produce the peace that is freely ours in Christ.
Today, declare and believe: “I am full of shalom peace, for I was re-created in the image of the Prince of Peace. I possess the peace of God right now, and allow it to flood my soul, body, and life; setting everything right, perfectly integrated with nothing lacking or missing. I receive this in Jesus’ name, Amen!”
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How Good Do you Think God is?
“What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it? Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?” Yahweh said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.” Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes. What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.” He spoke to him yet again, and said, “What if there are forty found there?” He said, “I will not do it for the forty’s sake.” He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?” He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.” He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.” He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.” Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.” (Genesis 18:24-33 WEB)
How good do you think God is?
Abraham was afraid to ask the Lord to spare the whole city for the sake of his nephew Lot.
He treaded carefully and bargained the number down from 50, to 45, 40, 30, 20, then finally 10 righteous persons. Abraham stopped there and probably thought that 10 should be enough to spare the cities.
What happened in the end? Sodom and Gomorrah were still burnt to ashes because Abraham did not ask for the cities to be spared even if there was only 1 righteous person.
Do you have a mindset like this: “A wretched sinner like me should not be too greedy. I will just ask God for a small morsel of blessings and hope that He would be merciful towards me.”
Such thoughts indicate a lack of revelation. God’s immeasurable blessings will abound in your life not based on your obedience and good works, but because Jesus’ blood that was shed at the cross is a massive overpayment for your sin debt. You are now counted so righteous that God can be generous towards you.
To act as though you have to beg God to bless you a little bit just shows that you don’t believe that God has completely forgiven you. It makes you unable to benefit from Jesus’ finished work at the cross because you don’t believe in the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness. Instead, you are hopping that your works and obedience are enough to merit you some blessings.
“Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing. Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.” (Galatians 5:1-4 WEB)
How awful it is to be alienated from Christ and be unable to profit from His finished work at the cross. Your trust in law-keeping and works to justify yourself chokes the supply of grace.
The result? It is like living in a dry desert, seemingly cut off from God’s goodness. You will feel stressed, burnt out, angry, and bitter.
It is so much better to rely on God’s grace. Believe that He is infinitely good towards you because Jesus has overpaid your sin debt. Expect God’s favor in every situation, and confidently ask for good things to happen for you. When you see people with a need, pray for them, expecting God to help them because your prayers are effective. This is the type of faith that honors Jesus’ sacrifice at the cross!
Keep studying God’s word and growing in your understanding of His ways. Our Patreon community is currently on a Bible study series called “My Faith Declarations” which looks at the Spirit-inspired utterances of the authors of the Psalms. They wrote about the trials and tribulations they experienced, so the book of Psalms is very relatable.
By turning their faith declarations into our own, we can learn how to overcome similar circumstances in life through faith in the Lord! Become a “God Every Morning” tier or above patron on Patreon to receive this reward, daily devotionals by email, and also all my eBooks. Thanks for being a blessing to this ministry: http://Patreon.com/miltongohblog
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