The Lord will fulfill His purpose in you by the work of His hands!

 “The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.” (Psalm 138:8 ESV)

God blesses and multiplies!

•  An Old man’s staff – Ex. 4:2 – God spoke to Moses and told him He was going to use him to deliver the Hebrew children out of the bondage of Pharaoh. But, Moses was no longer a young man, he’s now 80, full of fears and doubts, and then he asked God a question, “Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?” Then the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied. The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground.” (Ex. 4:1-3 NIV). Then, God continued to use the staff in Moses’ hand to do mighty things, such as to part the Red Sea and to receive water from a large rock.

•  A little boy’s lunch – Mark 6:41. Jesus told his disciples to feed a large crowd of people who were tired and hungry. But they told him they didn't have the means to do it. He then asked them to tell Him what they did have. They told Him there was a boy among them who had brought a lunch with five small loaves of bread and two fish. “Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.” From the small lunch several thousand men, women and children were fed, and there were even left overs!

• A widow woman’s last flour and oil – 1 Kings 17:16. There was draught in the land and people were starving. A window woman was down to her last bit of flour and oil and was preparing her last meal for herself and young son. Then Elijah spoke, “Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’” “She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah. (1 Kings 17:10-17 NIV). The little bit of food that she had never ran out out and was in keeping with the Word of God!

What do you have in your hands for God to bless you with?

“So the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” (Ex. 4:2 NIV)

God is able to increase and use even the little things He has already placed in your hands if you allow Him to. In each instance above, faith had to come into play. Moses had to use his staff by faith, the little boy had to give away his lunch by faith, and the widow woman had to use her last food ingredients to prepare a meal for Elijah by faith. And in each instance, God supplied their needs above and beyond what looked humanly possible.

God strengthens what you have

“I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” (Phil. 4:13 ESV)

“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your lap. For with the same measure that you measure it shall be measured to you again.” (Luke 6:38 NKJV)