BUT LESS OF YOU IS MORE THAN I CAN TAKE

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" Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked, "You of little faith, why are you talking among yourselves about having no bread? Do you still not understand? Don't you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?" " - Matthew 16:8-9

THING THAT STRUCK ME NUMBER ONE: Jesus was aware.
THING THAT STRUCK ME NUMBER TWO: Am i of little faith?
THING THAT STRUCK ME NUMBER THREE: What is my 'five loaves for the five thousand'?

specifically,

Jesus KNOWS what we think,
how we feel,
the unasked queries in our mind,
the doubts we have.

do we sometimes lack the FAITH?
do we sometimes WORRY unnecessarily?
do we sometimes wonder how is it POSSIBLE?
do we sometimes feel HELPLESS?
is there something troubling u, brothers?

we need to be reminded -
that God is GOOD,
that God is GREAT,
that God is FAITHFUL.
by looking back at our past -
at his GOODNESS shown before,
at his FAITHFULNESS demonstrated before,
at his MIRACLES worked in our lives before,
at his PROVISION given to us before,
at his PEACE dwelling in us before;
and be encouraged,
that your problems are in the hands of the same God that has seen u thru before.

or,
do u have yet to see a MIRACLE in ur life?
are u still crying out for one?
then cry out all the more, for the '5 loaves for the 5000' experience in ur life.
are u yearning for more? or has ur hunger diminished?

APPLICATION: i want an EXCITING, EXPLOSIVE, EXPERIENTIAL relationship with God! may i see his reality in my life everyday. so as to give God the glory. open my eyes, Lord.

sidenote: just as i was dwelling on this Scripture as i headed for breakfast at the market this morning with my parents, a mini-miracle happened. or rather, i choose to see it that way. we ordered vegetarian beehoon from this stall and immediately had a vacant table right in front of it to sit down and eat. amazingly, just after we ordered, the queue for the stall ballooned to a whopping 8-10 ppl. as i reflected, the ease at which we got a table and how we ordered 'at the right timing' demonstrated the amazing favour the Lord can grant us. DON'T look at the situation and say, "aiya.. saturday morning, sure got market crowd.. how to find table?" but instead, TRUST that the Lord can work miracles!