Matthew 14:20: And they did all eat, and were filled:
and they took up
of the fragments that
remained twelve baskets full.
Though the people had
gotten a meal in a marvelous way, they were not very thoughtful about the
marvel. They ate till they had enough, and then flung the residue away. Not
every one would be so thoughtless. But a great many saved enough fragments that
twelve baskets were filled with the leftovers.
One would have
expected these people, each one, to take his own remaining fragment as an
interesting memento of the wonderful miracle. Even if it became hard as stone
it would still have been there to recall the mercy and power of Jesus on an
occasion of great need.
To make this
personal, I feel that there are many that have a few leftovers who need to be
sharing them with others. You may have heard a Sermon which burned an indelible
impression on you. You need to share it with someone. A service, a
Camp-Meeting, a Bible Study, you may have attended, if you remember them they
are leftovers of a good spiritual meal
you enjoyed.
You may have Sermons
on tape, or transcript, that could be shared. You may say that was a long time
ago and the bread that I received then is stale and hard by now. Bring it to Jesus, put it back into His hands, and it will
feed a multitude.
Some Preachers may
have a lifetime of Sermon Notes, Bible Lessons, Memories, Mementos, Leftovers
from By-Gone Days, put them on the Web, write a Book, share them some way with
someone.
This bread never
becomes stale, it is eternal.
Jesus Says, “That nothing be lost.” (John
6:12)
“Give Ye Them To Eat.”
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By, James L. Thornton
I am a retired pastor currently living in the Nashville, Tn. area and we attend First Church, Bro. Ron Becton pastor. We are putting our sermons and Bible studies on the web. We have been doing this for five years and have almost 3 million visits on it. We would like to share some of our studies and writings with all the people on Everyone Apostolic. My wife Mary Lee has Bible Quizzing questions on almost every verse in the Bible and would like to share this also. James & Mary Lee Thornton
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