The Great Multiplier

 

Do you remember learning your multiplication tables?
9x9=81… 6x7=42…4x8=32 -- and somehow that information is still tucked away in our brains! No calculator needed!

But there’s a kind of multiplication that no classroom ever taught us -- the kind only God can do. Remember those words: "Little is much when God is in it!?

Picture this? A crowd of thousands, miles from the nearest “drive-thru,” stomachs growling. Jesus' disciples are panicking and say, “Send them home!!!” Sounds reasonable, right?

But not with Jesus. He already had another plan!

A little boy shows up with a little lunch -- five loaves and two fish. Not exactly catering for 5,000. But Jesus takes that little, blesses it, and suddenly -- it’s more than enough. Everyone eats. And there are even lots of leftovers!

Only God can do that. And, here’s what I love -- Jesus didn’t need a feast to start -- He just needed a willing heart and a small offering from a little boy!

And He’s still doing that with our "littles"!
What if, today, we present Him with what we have?
Maybe a LITTLE prayer, a LITTLE donation, a LITTLE kind word, a LITTLE love, a LITTLE comfort, a LITTLE care, a LITTLE meal, a LITTLE act of service.

No matter what the LITTLE is – as God's partners, our LITTLE just might be what God uses to multiply many blessings to others.

It may seem little to us, but BIG to them. Yes, little becomes BIG when we accept our partnership with our Master MULTIPLIER!

Because little -- becomes much -- when God is in it.

And who knows? That small act we almost overlooked might be the very thing God uses to bless someone in a big way -- TODAY!