Small Act Done With Great Love

"Ministry takes place when divine resources meet human needs through loving channels to the glory of God"

I once read this line from a book "On Being A Servant of God" and I chanced upon it again from a website.

Was recalling the recent meetings on Activate. How apt!

The bible story that inspired Activate is the story of the 5 loaves and 2 fishes. Here I finally see the entire picture (and meaning and purpose of the ministry) in one sentence.

Ministry happened at that very moment the little boy offered all of his possessions to the disciples.

Jesus (divine resource) fed 5000 men (human needs) through the small act of offering from the little boy (loving channels).

My thoughts fall heavily on the little boy.

Being possibly the only one among the crowd that day who had food on him, I guess that he must be experiencing a whole lot of mixed emotions as the disciples saw the 5 loaves and 2 fishes in his hands.

His mind probably raced back and forth, "What do they want with me? Are they gonna take away my food? What am I going to eat then? What am I gonna do?"

Mother Theresa once said, "We can do no great things, only small things with great love"

There you have it, the moment the food exchanged hands, the boy traded up his "starring role" for the afternoon to be part of a bigger, more glorious story that God had in motion.

I believe that a great sense of love overwhelmed the boy when he offered all he had.

Logically, if anyone were there at that point in time, and if you were the only one who had food (mind you, the rest among you are hungry)... What are the odds of giving all that you have to a group of 12 men unsure that you might have anything to eat in the end?

The very human me wouldn't. I'd probably snuck off somewhere and devoured it with gusto!

It definitely takes a whole lot of love for the boy to offer everything. Love for people. I bet he thought, the moment he handed over the food, "I'm gonna be broke as anything and this is all I have. But, if this is gonna help everyone here in anyway possible, I'm in. I'm all in."

A small act done out of great love.