Verses from 2 Kings

“仆人说：「这一点岂可摆给一百人吃呢？」以利沙说：「你只管给众人吃吧！因为耶和华如此说，众人必吃了，还剩下。」仆人就摆在众人面前，他们吃了，果然还剩下，正如耶和华所说的。”

列王纪下 4:43-44 

“His attendant said, "What, will I set this before a hundred men?" But he said, "Give them to the people that they may eat, for thus says the LORD, 'They shall eat and have some left over.'" So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.”

2 Kings 4:43-44 

We may wonder about the purpose of the miracle recorded in today’s passage. It becomes a little clearer when we back up a few verses. In verses 38–41 Elisha had performed another food miracle where he made a pot of poisonous stew safe to eat. Because there was a famine in the land, the provision of food would have been one of the top concerns of the people. So both of these miracles—the curing of the poisonous stew and 20 loaves of bread feeding 100 people—are signs of God’s provision. 

It is interesting to note two key phrases in verses 43 and 44 that address the doubts of Elisha’s servant: “this is what the Lord says” and “according to the word of the Lord.” The power of the Lord is what provides when we have little or nothing to offer.  

When we feel inadequate, or think what we have to offer isn’t sufficient, let’s remember that God asks us to give what we have in faithful obedience. He is the one who makes it “enough.”

Lord, 

when I fear what I have to give is insufficient, 

help me to give to You anyway and 

trust You to make it “enough.”