HE STRETCHES US!

Blessings Hidden Behind The Scenes of Life

There are a plethora of Bible stories, all of which we can derive valuable lessons to apply to our lives, but some lessons may not be as overtly apparent as others. Just as some of what Jesus did for His people when He walked the earth was no always blatantly obvious.

Take the story of Jesus feeding the five thousand with only two fish and five loaves of bread. The primary take-away is clearly the provision of the Lord not only supplying out needs, but even stretching those things we need, as He stretched the little boy’s lunch, because there are those times when God bestows His gifts and blessings behind the scenes of life, seemingly during times when we are unable to access something we need by any other means.

The fact that Jesus had such a meager amount of food to work with, and could have overtly multiplied it in demonstration of His Miraculous Powers; delighting in their shouts of praise, but chose rather to inconspicuously extend what was given Him to feed them, suggests a somewhat hidden, behind the scenes aspect to His wondrous blessings and gifts when He deems it correct and appropriate—

“17 And they said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish." 18 He said, “Bring them here to Me.” 19 Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes. 20 So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained. 21 Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.” (Matthew 14:17-21)

It would appear that Jesus was not looking for accolades, just to feed His flock. It’s enough to make one wonder what sort of other varying things He may be doing that go unnoticed. Perhaps it would behoove His followers of today to try to ‘catch’ His secret stretching behind the scenes of life, and stand in awe of Him, while thanking Him profusely.

Even if it’s not blatantly apparent, like the inconspicuous way He multiplied the little boy’s lunch, if we look closely enough, we just may see His Miraculous Provision in our own lives that we wouldn’t otherwise notice.

Our Incredible God provides in miraculous ways, some of what He does we certainly do see, but some things may not be so clear at first glance….

Personal Notation: I feel so sure of what I have supplied, but sometimes when I go to my closet, I discover that I have more of something than I thought, and things also tend to last longer than I would expect. And this actually happens fairly often...….Hmmmmm (!)

It puts one in mind of what He did for the Israelites in the wilderness, (and they were even living in disobedience at the time!)

“And I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn out on your feet.’” (Deuteronomy 29:5)

 NKJV