Holding On To Anything?
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[Brief Reflection on Matthew 14:13-21]
The little that we have – be it in material goods, time or talents – is sufficient for God’s work if, when He asks, we would just give whatever that is to Him. Take notice in today’s Gospel what He did with five loaves of bread and two fish! On the surface, it looked like Jesus was asking His Apostles to do the impossible – feed thousands of people. He wasn’t. He was asking them to give Him what they had and He would make the impossible possible. God will never give us a task, no matter how daunting it may first appear, without giving us all that we need to complete it.
The first step is our total surrender to, and trust in, His will for us.
So let’s ask ourselves: Is there anything I am still holding on to and unwilling to give Him?
The little that we have – be it in material goods, time or talents – is sufficient for God’s work if, when He asks, we would just give whatever that is to Him. Take notice in today’s Gospel what He did with five loaves of bread and two fish! On the surface, it looked like Jesus was asking His Apostles to do the impossible – feed thousands of people. He wasn’t. He was asking them to give Him what they had and He would make the impossible possible. God will never give us a task, no matter how daunting it may first appear, without giving us all that we need to complete it.
The first step is our total surrender to, and trust in, His will for us.
So let’s ask ourselves: Is there anything I am still holding on to and unwilling to give Him?
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