Your 5 Pence, 5 Shillings, 5 Pounds, Or 500 Pounds
NINETEEN CENTURIES ago, five thousand men sat down upon the grass, hungry and tired and far from home. The only provision to be obtained was in the hands of a lad-five barley loaves and two small fishes. One who was there made the remark, “What are they among so many?” Jesus Christ had said, “Make the men sit down.” Before that seated host He took from the lad the five barley loaves and the two small fishes. He looked up to heaven, and His lips moved in prayer. Then He began to divide the five loaves and two small fishes. And as He brake them, He passed the portions to His disciples―passed them until ten were fed, then twenty, then fifty, then one hundred, then one thousand—and the wander grew, as the wondrous meal went on. The bread was enough to feed five thousand men, and they had of the fishes as much as they would! Nor was this all, for when ALL were satisfied, there still remained of that marvelous feast fragments enough to fill twelve baskets. Enough and to spare. Divine fullness supplied all human need, and the end was more than the beginning.
And what Jesus did then He can do today. There is a mighty host of men, not five thousand, but more than five millions, who are hungry, and tired, and far from home. They want the Bread of Life. You may say, “I have but 5d., 5s., or ₤5 to buy Testaments with for the soldiers, but what is that among so many?” Put it into the hand of Jesus, and your gift shall be multiplied by almighty power and almighty love, until an host is fed, and in the multiplying there will be left over a basketful of blessing for you.