And when He had taken the five
loaves and the two fish,
He looked up to heaven, blessed
and broke the loaves
and gave them to His disciples to
set before them;
and the two fish He divided among
them all.
(Mark 6:41)
‘Look, bless
and break’. Could this be your primary mission,
To fulfill
Christ’s great evangelical commission?
And also to
help you get over your blockage,
Your Christian
brothers and sisters to encourage?
Following my
life’s ‘prodigal experience’,
I was ever
grateful for God’s deliverance.
Hunkering down
with God’s Word was my great yearning,
With not one thought of sharing
what I was learning.
After several
years operating in this mode,
My yearning to
learn began slowly to erode.
God revealed to
me the taproot of this creeping problem,
Dispersing His
Light on the matter, just like a prism:
'Son,
Without an
outflow, a lake quickly becomes stagnant.
My purpose,
Son, is not for you to become savant.
As your
understanding of My Word you seek to hone,
Remember this, son…
What you’re
learning is for you, but not for you alone.’
‘Learn to do
what I wrote in Mark chapter 6, verse 41,
And follow the modus operandi of Jesus, My Son.
Look to Heaven, and
bless
what from Me you receive,
Then break 1 what I’ve given, so others will believe.’
But Lord, I’m NOT qualified, and no one cares
to hear,
Anything I am
learning in my Christian career!
I haven't 2 a degree, formal study or position,
With which to
embark on such bold and lofty mission!
After a few
years in this wrestling match,
You know who
won, pinning me to the mat!
In obedience, I
dipped my toe into God’s sharing waters,
And have since
become one of His devoted Sharing
Warriors.
Sharing His
Word with believers and non-believers alike,
Has ignited my
own learning, pushing it to a new height!
So now, to
you, I offer this word of encouragement:
‘Look,
bless
and
break!’
In this mission, let’s be exuberant!
In our world
that’s become totally unhinged,
Because
everything Godly has now been fringed,
God’s Word has lost
not one iota of its effectiveness!
So ‘Look,
bless
and
break’,
then leave the results…
to His
graciousness.
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