Yesterday morning I watched the first bit of Dr. David Jeremiah before I left for the church. He was in some arena that seated many thousands of people. I wonder about those huge congregations sometimes. It must be exciting to stand and sing to the glory to God with tens of thousands of other Christians. There’s energy in numbers. However I also thought about our smaller congregation and thought how happy I am that our energy comes from the power of the Holy Spirit that is so evident in and around Hapeville FUMC. We have love and laughter and genuine worship and study, too. God can take our small offerings of prayers, presence, gifts, service and witness and multiply it. If we are faithful with a little, God will be faithful with much.
Dear Lord, Often we think we have less than others; less for ourselves and less to offer others. Yet we know you created the world from nothing and that Jesus like this woman took a little food and made much. We ask you to continue to help us make the most of what we have. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Monday’s Devotion: God and Multiplication
2 Kings 4:1-7 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the LORD. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.” Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” “Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a small jar of olive oil.” Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few. Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.” She left him and shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring. When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another one.” But he replied, “There is not a jar left.” Then the oil stopped flowing. She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.”
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