What is the law of multiplication? How can something be blessed, broken and given at the same time? What is the advantage of blessing something, then breaking it and giving it away? How many times have you seen the law of multiplication in your life happen through blessed, broken and given?
It is interesting to see how a blessing that will be given away multiplies and supplies the need for the others to have. Life is not about what you have or do not have, but it is about how you are living and giving and blessing others. God supports our necessities and blesses us with the desires of our hearts. But we are not here on earth just to satisfy our own needs there is a bigger plan designed by Almighty God which involves each one of us.
We look at what is small in our own hands and God sees the outcome and how he plans on increasing it. The law of multiplication is seen in Matthew chapter fourteen.
The bible states in Matthew 14:15-16 “When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food. 16-But Jesus said to them, “they do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.” Remember this is an exceptionally large crowd of five thousand men not counting the women and children. So, estimated at fifteen thousand people or more.
Matthew 14:17-18 “We have here only five loaves and two fish.” 18-He said, “Bring them here to me.” Here the disciples are looking at the tiny amount they have, and Jesus said bring it to me. How many times have we said but if I only had…? When God can use your nothing and make something when you hand it over to him. This encourages our faith that with God all things are possible even when you just have a little bit.
Matthew 14:19 “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.” At this point Jesus is displaying the law of multiplication by way of blessing, breaking and giving. He takes the food looks to heaven and blesses the small amount. Being thankful for a small amount is a great lesson alone but then He breaks what was given and gives it away, as he gives it multiples. The disciples then give it away also.
Being broken most times we think of breaking as a terrible thing but when it involves us, and God being broken is a good thing. Theologically broken bread stands for Christ broken and given for our eternal life. But in our every day walk it symbolizes to me the tough times we go through and how God works through our breakings. God does not do stuff to harm us but to shape and mold us into what Jesus looked like.
Going through things may be difficult emotionally, physically or mentally but when we allow God to move in our lives it always works out for our good. It feels as if it is breaking but, the breaking turns into you giving from what you learned. So often what we keep hold of so tightly becomes little when if we would bless and give out it would be multiplied.
Matthew 14:20 “So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained.” Many times, I have seen God multiply what was given in my life and others. I love how a tiny amount was used to feed so many. We can never underestimate just how or when God is going to use our little to help somebody else. The lesson throughout these verses is simple to be grateful even when it is a tiny amount, surrender to God each breaking and give what you learned and watch what God is going to increase.