Twelve Baskets Ministry

We are marching into New Year 2008 with our ministry emphasis called "Twelve Baskets Ministry." It is about Matthew 14:13-21 where Jesus fed five thousand. When multitudes followed Jesus to hear His teachings disciples asked Jesus to send them away for evening dinner time. Amazingly what Jesus told the disciple was "You give them somethings to eat." (v.16) Here are the facts; disciples have no ability feed five thousand for they are fishermen. And Jesus is just a carpenter son and does not have enough money to feed five thousand. Above all no shop nor a cook to prepare for dinner, Bible mentions "This is a deserted place". (v.15) Then how Jesus would ask disciples to give them food. The fact is that Jesus wants disciples to do something with what they can in order to feed five thousand. The rest is His job (He is God). It means, go and find some food like "five loaves and two fishes." This is the first lesson we should learn from this text; serving God with what we have or can.

The second lesson is learned by asking this question, why Jesus make more than enough? The twelve baskets full of fragments remained. (v.20) When Jesus is able to perform miracle of feeding five thousand with a little dinner plate, then why can He do it with exact amount to feed them? Yes, He could, yet He made it more than enough. Definitely, people packed home with what they had for dinner. So we must do more when we serve others in God's ministry.

God is able; then we should offer our best which may be small, He can make it large. It is a miracle that's happen when someone does a little thing for God. Let's do more in this New Year as we serve Him. Remember, the "Twelve Baskets Ministry."