We all know the super cool story about Jesus feeding the masses, right? He took some kid’s lunch- 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish- and fed more than 5,000 people.
This isn’t just a miracle, but a teaching moment too.
Obviously, the first lesson is: Always pack a lunch.
WHY? You could become the kid that gives Jesus lunch for 5,000 plus people! True story, bro. Or, you know, if Jesus is healing a blind guy in another town, you’ve still got lunch.
The next lesson: Jesus can do a whole lot with a little, tiny bit.
Imagine when that little kid went to Jesus and said, “Here, use this.” The disciples were probably like, “Poor, dumb kid… hasn’t reached Piaget’s operational stage yet. Sorry Jesus, we’ll find his babysitter.”
Really, though, how could Jesus pass up an opportunity to pull one over on the disciples? (I know I couldn’t!)
The actual point: With childlike faith we can bring any amount that we have and know that the Lord will use it for greater things than we could have ever thought (or figured out mathematically). We also know that as silly as we look, He’ll make someone else feel even sillier.
Now we come to this lesson: Math. Math is important to Jesus.
Why is that pertinent? Because He multiplied by 7. He took 5 measly loaves of bread and 2 dinky, little fish. How many people did He feed? More than 5,000.
And the most important question…Were there leftovers? Heck yeah there were!
The Bible tells us that 1 lunch of 7 foods became more than 5,000 lunches (and good lunches where people were unbuttoning their pants) with countless leftovers.
The moral of the story: Multiply by 7.
Prayerfully consider donating $7 to my World Race Fund. Going by math, that means $7. Going by multiplication, that might mean $7 a month. Going by Jesus, that means…well, you do the math.
