For if this endeavor or this activity is of human origin,
it will destroy itself.
But if it comes from God, you will not be able to destroy them;
you may even find yourselves fighting against God.
We spend a lot of time supporting and fighting against things which are of merely human origin. We should be discerning like Gamaliel. We should invest our time and energy in things that God is actually doing, things which are bearing fruit, rather than spending our efforts on endeavors that will eventually come to nothing.
One problem we run into is that when we try to invest our resources in what God is doing is that this seems to be an exercise in futility. It seems like there isn't enough to tip the balance in a given situation.
"Two hundred days' wages worth of food would not be enough
for each of them to have a little."
If it is God who feeding the crowd the resource constraints that would normally be deal breakers do not constrain him.
Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks,
and distributed them to those who were reclining,
and also as much of the fish as they wanted.
It is especially true whenever we give the Word to everyone who hungers for it that there is always enough. It seems like we don't have enough of it to satisfy anyone, as if it depended on us and our knowledge. But if we just first come to Jesus and then get about distributing it there are always baskets left over.
Gather the fragments left over,
so that nothing will be wasted."
Jesus is the one who is to come into the world. Nothing can thwart his will. The only thing that can go wrong is to be on the wrong side of it, or even not on the right side of it. Then we will find ourselves in futile struggle. Let us come to Jesus to discern where he wants the bread of his Gospel distributed today. Let us trust in his abundance.
I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD
in the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD with courage;
be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD.
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