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What Little You Can Do Becomes Much
Mark 14:3-9 (KJV) - And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
Don't let WHAT ALL YOU CAN'T DO keep you from doing WHAT LITTLE YOU CAN DO!
There are many injustices in this fallen world we live in. It's impossible to solve them all. The tendency is to THROW UP OUR HANDS! The ills of society and the maladies of mankind are many. It's easy to feel overwhelmed at all the worlds needs. For that matter, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by all the needs of just yourself and your own family!
I don't have enough money!
I don't have enough time!
I don't have enough talent!
The needs are too great!
There are too many people with needs. I can't get to them all.
BUT GIVE SOMETHING TO JESUS TO WORK WITH... JUST SOMETHING... JUST SOME EFFORT... JUST WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE! GIVE JESUS SOMETHING SIMPLE OR SMALL TO WORK WITH! WATCH HIM STRETCH IT AND MAKE WHAT LITTLE YOU CAN DO GO MUCH FURTHER THAN YOU EVER DREAMED!
One author from the 60's called this LIVING REDEMPTIVELY versus LIVING JUSTLY, meaning you can't solve every injustice for every person, but you can seize the opportunity The Lord sets before you or places in your heart.
Don't let WHAT ALL YOU CAN'T DO keep you from doing WHAT LITTLE YOU CAN DO!
1. BOY WITH FISHES AND LOAVES
Don't let WHAT ALL YOU CAN'T DO keep you from doing WHAT LITTLE YOU CAN DO!
2. PETER AND HIS BOAT: Luke 5:1-11 (KJV) - And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken: And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
Don't let WHAT ALL YOU CAN'T DO keep you from doing WHAT LITTLE YOU CAN DO!
3. FOUR LEPERS: 2 Kings 7:1-6 (KJV) - Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
Don't let WHAT ALL YOU CAN'T DO keep you from doing WHAT LITTLE YOU CAN DO!
BUT GIVE SOMETHING TO JESUS TO WORK WITH... JUST SOMETHING... JUST SOME EFFORT... JUST WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE! GIVE JESUS SOMETHING SIMPLE OR SMALL TO WORK WITH! WATCH HIM STRETCH IT AND MAKE WHAT LITTLE YOU CAN DO GO MUCH FURTHER THAN YOU EVER DREAMED!
4. ASA WITH LESS OR MORE: 2 Chronicles 14:11-15 (KJV) - And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil. And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
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