ONE SACK LUNCH. 5,000 HUNGRY SOULS

“Have a great day!” I tuck the note into a lunch bag.

“I’m praying for you!” I murmur with a quick hug.

Then I wring my hands, sure I’ve forgotten something because I should be doing so much more.

Do the little things we do even matter?

Let’s go to John, chapter 6, and ask the young boy who offered Jesus his lunch. Even better, let’s ask his mom.

Did she feel she gave her son enough for his journey?

She had no idea what would happen the morning she packed up five small barley loaves and two sardine-size fish and watched her child walk out that door.

Maybe she called him back at the last minute and slipped in a note, “Have a nice day with your friends!” assuming those friends would bring their lunch, too.

But she was wrong.

Her baby boy and his lunch were plopped down in the middle of a super-sized problem.

Thousands of hungry people showed up to see Jesus with nothing to eat.

Philip, the disciple, summed up the enormity of the situation:

“Eight months wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!” (v7)

Another disciple, Andrew, discovered the boy and brought his lunch to Jesus as the only solution.

But five loaves and two fish to feed over 5,000 people?

The math didn’t add up.

It never does.

All our little notes and bologna sandwiches can never make a dent in eternity.

Unless we do what that wise young man did.

We give it to Jesus.

Every crumb that passes through the Savior’s hands can feed a multitude.

Meh? Becomes MAGNIFICENT!

What? Becomes WOW!

How? Becomes HOW MUCH MORE!

Everything belongs to Jesus, so every ounce of possibility pours from His hands.

Think about that.

What began as one simple lunch became 5,000 people feasting on the glory of God, glory that fills every soul.

“Let nothing be wasted,” Jesus said. (v12)

His disciples were sent out to gather up the leftovers.

Because even morsels of miracles have glory potential.

So keep doing the small things God tells you to.

Send the note, change the diaper, squeeze the hand, say the prayer, offer your best in the name of Jesus Christ, and know that every seemingly insignificant moment counts.

What you give to Jesus becomes so much more than enough.

Back in Bible times, one mom had no idea how an ordinary sack lunch could change someone’s eternity.

But now, we do. Let’s keep doing all the little things.