Daily life with Jesus by Grahame Howard: Nothing to give?

Friday, 28 February 2020

Nothing to give?

"So the LORD said to him, 'What is that in your hand?"
Exodus 4:2. NKJV

Do you feel like you have nothing left to give, that you're empty with nothing left to offer? Well, you're wrong; there's always something.

In Exodus, God had told Moses to go to Egypt to rescue the Israelites and after much debate about, 'I can't do this,' and 'Who am I to go there,' he is still wriggling. Here in chapter 4, he says, 'What if they won't believe me or listen to me?' verse 2. God answers, 'What is that in your hand?'

You know, despite many knock backs that we may encounter, there is always something that you have that God can use. You may not feel this yourself, but God does because He thinks you're amazing and knows how valuable you are to Him!

Consider if you will, the feeding of the five thousand. (John 6:1-14). There were many more than this figure when you think about it, because of the women and the children too. Jesus wanted to feed this multitude and asked, 'Where shall we buy bread that these may eat?' v5. Andrew replied, 'There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?' But as we know, as the loaves and fish were placed in Jesus' hands, everyone had their fill and what's more, there were lots left over - 12 baskets full.

Jesus said in John 10:10 'I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly.' Again in Psalm 23:5 it says, 'My cup runs over.'
There is nothing that God cannot do, even when you feel that you have nothing to give. You have something to give - always and that is yourself. As you offer yourself to Him, to be used to His glory, He will always take you up on your offer.

Today, you have something to give, put it in His hand.

Copyright 2020 Grahame Howard