Provision

Gather the pieces that are left over, let nothing be wasted.So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. John 6:12,13

In the gathering of the remains the evidence of the miracle appeared. The fact that everybody in a great crowd, in some gospels we are told thousands, ate and were satisfied by the sharing of 5 small barley loaves and two fish was miracle enough but when 12 baskets full of left over bread were collected the miracle hit home.

Perhaps you have had a miracle, one of provision, is there anything left? Perhaps you should count it and realise fully the greatness of your God.

In Jeremiah 30:18,19 God says to His people:

'I will restore the fortunes of Jacob's tents and have compassion on his dwellings;

the city will be rebuilt on her ruins, and the palace will stand in its proper place.

From them will come  songs of thanksgiving and sounds of rejoicing.'

A miracle causes rejoicing, thanksgiving and praise. In the passage in John we are told that some of the people were wanting to make him king, by force, and so Jesus escaped to the mountain.

I have a living miracle, walking with me daily. My God goes before me and in His times brings all things to pass. I can see His restoration in my life and I praise Him for His faithfulness and goodness to me. I can crown Him king in my world and know He will accept that crowning.

Today I sit in my son's house in Brisbane. I am surrounded by grandchildren and I rejoice. In myself I am whole and I watch my God restore what has been taken from me back to me. All loneliness and fear are being washed away as I walk in what my God has for me to do.

I cannot dictate the future or how it will unfold, I can only walk the path before me and know it is good.