IDENTIFY AND FEED YOUR MULTITUDE

 Read: LUKE 9:10-17

Meditation verse:

“But He said to them, “you give them something to eat”, and they said, “we have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people” (Luke 9:13).

A multitude followed Jesus as He went to a deserted place in the city of Bethsaida. When evening came, His disciples came to Him and said, “Send the multitude away to buy food and find where to stay, for we are in a deserted place, but Jesus said to them ‘You give them something to eat”. You were not called to serve everyone. You cannot be everything to everybody. There are about seven billion people in the world. You are called to serve only a tiny dot of this seven billion. This is the multitude you have been gifted to serve.

How do you identify the multitude you have been called to serve?

Your life experiences can lead you to your multitude. For instance, what issues, problems, or trials have you passed through that had a significant impact on your life or that you learned from? What processes have you gone through and succeeded? The things that happen to us in life are hardly random, they are usually part of God’s plan to get us to where He wants us to be.  God will hardly waste a life experience, including a painful one. If you allow Him, He can take that pain and use it for the feeding of your multitude.

My struggles with fear and low self-esteem helped me identify my multitude. I am not called to serve those who have it all figured out. I am called to serve the emotionally and psychologically weary. Those who are stuck and held down by self-limiting beliefs. What is your own story? Are you a cancer survivor? Are you a victim of rape or domestic violence, a parent with an autistic child or a rehabilitated drug addict? A single parent? A divorcee? A matured single? A struggling at-home mother, A widow? What have you suffered that you came through victorious?

Your experiences can help you identify the multitude you are called to serve. You can feed them with your mess to message story. You can feed them with your skills, your passion, and the expertise that you have gathered over the years.

People are helped better when they can relate to your personal experiences and learn from you how you survived. They are helped better from practical realm experiences than from textbook therapy. The Bible says that God comforts us so that we can comfort others with the same comfort wherein we were comforted. (2 Corinthians 1:4).

Sometimes, God will allow you to go through some painful experiences to prepare you for the assignment He has for us. But you must be willing to learn from and share those experiences, rather than cover them up. It becomes your own story and when you share that story, it becomes a powerful tool to transform someone’s life.

Several people have found purpose in the trials they have been through or the things they suffered and endured. Everything you have passed through over the years can become food for your multitude. Your life is a bundle of energy which people must experience when they encounter you. Identify and feed your multitude. Don’t send them away. You have enough to give to them to eat. You are the light of the world. Light up your section of the world.

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Oke Chinye.
Have you asked Jesus Christ to come into your heart?

He says in Mathew 11:28, “come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” He longs to give you rest."

Would you like to do so now? Here’s a prayer you can say:
Dear Jesus, I believe that You died to save me from all my sins. Today, I invite you into my heart and I accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive all my sins and help me to live my life for You.

If you prayed this prayer, send me an email at rockteachingministry@gmail.com

I would love to pray with you personally and send you a copy of my book; ‘Living the Life’ to encourage you as you begin your new life in Christ.