Give What You Have

…faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless. James 2:17 (NLT)

 

Begin with a skit in which 4 kids are praying to be used by God.  They look over to see a homeless man on the street.  Each of the 4 kids pass, 1 at a time.  They each say they only have 1. a juice box, 2. a cup of fruit, 3. a half-sandwich, 4. a bag of chips.  No one does anything, but if they had, the man would have a whole meal. 

Did you know that you can take part in Jesus’ miracles?  Jesus often chooses to use you to do great things in other people’s lives.  He can take what you have and make it great.

            Maybe you feel like you don’t have much for Him to use.  You may feel like the kids in the skit who didn’t have very much to offer.  But think about it—if they had each given what they had, the man would have had a complete meal.  Don’t think that your little bit of money or time or talent can’t be used.  God can take it and add it to someone else’s gift.  Or He can multiply it.  What if you only have 50 cents to give in the offering and that 50 cents is used to buy a Bible for someone who has never read God’s Word.  What if that Bible is then shared with someone else and he passes it along to someone else.  Imagine the many people who could meet God through just one Bible that just one gift of 50 cents bought. 

            You can take part in Jesus’ miracles.  Give Him what you have, no matter how small it may seem to you, and let Him do great things with it.