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MORE THAN ENOUGH-3

Text : 2 Kings 4:3 

He told her, “Go out to all of your neighbors in the surrounding streets and borrow lots of pots from them. Don't get just a few empty vessels, either.

Yesterday we established the truth that God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that you ask or think. And that He can only do this based on the workings of His power  at work in you. Hence, all you need do is submit yourself to Him unreservedly.

Today, we shall be looking at how you can further position yourself in order to access the more than enough provision from the Lord. 

In the midst of deliberation on how to get provision to feed more than 5,000 people who attended Jesus' crusade, Andrew brought a ridiculous quantity of five(5) barley loaves and two small fishes. 

To Andrew, He just thought he was simply mentioning a provision that cannot match up with the need at hand. As for Jesus, he had simply brought all that is needed for the miracle of provision. Always learn to be grateful for the little provision you receive from the Lord. *Simply maintain a grateful heart at all times; for the same God who provided the little is the same God who will supply the plenty.* 

Immediately Jesus received these seemingly little provisions, He's got all He needed. He asked His disciples to make the people sit, and thereafter, He thanked the Lord. (John 6:10&11).

The two learning  points here are:

1. Rest: He asked that the people remain in a state of calmness. Sitting position is a position of confidence. *An anxious man cannot not sit. Even if he is sitting, his mind isn't sitting inside him. He is not resting. Stop being anxious. Simply sit and be calm before the Lord.Jesus ordered that people should sit, rest and wait for God's provisions.

2. Thanksgiving: thanking and praising God for  little is a breakthrough to having more than enough.

Learn to be extremely  grateful for little things, it is a way to exercising your heart to handle Big things from the Lord.

Bible Reading:John 6: 5-13.

PRAYER FOCUS

1 ) Father God, please enlarge my heart to be grateful for little things.


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