Leftovers Are Important

Yesterday Mal preached at church. I have heard him preach so many times over the years that I am able to seperate him from being my husband to being the preacher - allowing God to speak to me through the word and what has been spoken. I find myself going "amen" and "thats great" and "fantastic" out loud, not because he is a great preacher (he is though) but because God is speaking to me.

He spoke on "Leftovers are Important" - he based it around the scripture from John 6:1-13 but honed in on v12 "When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples - Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted". There have been times when God has touched us, healed us, we have seen a harvest of souls, watched his miracles in action, witnessed the power of prayer - and from this we need to gather the leftovers from these events - gather them up, store them up. He talked about "being full and satisfied" eating all that we could eat but using the leftovers or scraps for the journey ahead.

He talked about the good and the bad circumstances that happen in our life and with the leftovers we are able to take the positives and the negatives and use them for our gain in the future.

Something that really spoke to me was when he talked about "Brokeness is for Greatness" being fragements, pieces of broken bread - picking these up to be able to build God's kingdom. From my brokeness and the pain and suffering that I have lived in my life so far that the "leftovers" that I have stored can allow me to reach "greatness" in God.

He took us to the scipture in 2 Cor 11: 22-27 When Paul had been beaten, and shipwrecked and imprisoned and how these made him the person that he is today - he used these events of his life for the positive - he didn't become a victim of his circumstances.

Jesus was trying to teach his disciples and made it extremely clear that "IT WASN'T ABOUT THE BREAD” – it was about caring for people, loving them and helping them come into a relationship with Jesus Christ and God the Father – it was for the Disciples to recall the spiritual lesson on learning to live by faith.

In conclusion he talked about Mary in Luke 2:19 “she treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart” allowing the events that had just happened to her to be able to be gathered, stored and treasured.

Lord Jesus I thank you for your word and for speaking to me. I pray that I will display love, peace, joy, kindness and patience to all that I associate with this week. I pray that the “leftovers” of my life will be used for your kingdom and for your glory. Amen