Matt 14:16 But Jesus said to them, They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat. (17) And they said to Him, We do not have anything here except five loaves and two fish.
When the Lord Jesus told them to give the crowd something to eat, the disciples said, "We have nothing here except five loaves and two fishes." When you are about to exercise grace, you will see that you have nothing. If you simply issue commandments to others, you will not realize how poor you are. You may think that you are very smart and say to yourself, "How smart I am! No one else has noticed that evening has come. But I know everything. I can even instruct Jesus." However, when we are told by the Lord to exercise grace, we shall say, "now the Lord Jesus, speaking a word of grace, has told me to give them something to eat. This gracious word exposes my poverty. Immediately, I see that I have nothing. I have only a commanding mouth. I can give commands, I can instruct, and I can teach, but I have nothing to give." Are you under the law or under grace? If you are under the law, you will still feel that you have something to boast of-- your smart mind, your foresight, your knowledge, your ability to instruct others. But when the Lord puts you under grace, your poverty and nothingness will be exposed, and you will have to admit that you have nothing to give, even nothing with which to feed yourself.
Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from Witness Lee, Life-study of Matthew, pp. 515. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. Please visit us at www.emanna.com. Send comments to: [email protected].
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