I’ve been learning how important it is to understand that every child of God is blessed and not limited in any way in His kingdom. God does bless His children and each and every one of us is great, blessed, made to be a blessing, and dependable. In the book of Genesis, God declared this over Abraham: “And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing,………….and in you all families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis 12:2-3)
In relation to this, I have realized that “What I have is all I need.”, and God can show his love and care to me in a unique and unexpected way – sometimes using whatever little I have, for me to reach greater heights of success. The Scripture supports this as we learn that ; when God asked Moses, “what is that in thine hand? Moses replied,………A rod.”(Exodus 4;2) . He could as well say “Nothing”, but He knew he had something in his hand that God could use; so he answered correctly. That Rod is all that Moses needed to accomplish God’s purposes at the time, and with it, he brought the children of Israel out of Egypt.
In the new testament, Christ Jesus asked his disciples a similar question. He taught a large crowd, about five thousand men .Some of his disciples then requested that he should send the multitude away so they could buy food for themselves, having been with Him in the desert for long.. However, the master declined and rather asked the disciples, “What do you have?”
The disciples answered ;’there is a little boy who has five loaves of bread and two Fishes,” and the master knew that all they had is all they needed. He then took the little boy’s lunch, blessed it, and gave back to His disciples to share with the people.. Trusting that something had happened they started distributing the bread and fish to the multitude and the more they distributed,the more they had to distribute. After everyone had been fed, they had twelve extra baskets full of bread and Fish.(Luke 9;11-17).
It is therefore evident to me that in my life, I should never think, ” If I only had this or that, my life would be wonderful, or I would be a blessing to others.:” What I have is all I need and this is Jesus Christ. He is all I need to produce whatever else I might require or to be a blessing to fellowmen. I have discerned that “when we are willing to help and to be helped, divine aid is near”
I have discovered with profound interest that there is no lack in God’s kingdom. Having money or any other resources is not a determining factor and lack of it is not a limiting factor. God is Accomplishment, Dependableness, steadfastness, Effortlessness , …… and Always Available, Accessible and Accountable. I’m not a victim but a victor in His kingdom.
Isaac Otieno was born to schoolteacher and a peasant mother. Once he finished school he found steady jobs to be scarce in Kenya. After several years of unsteady work he became depressed and developed a habit of drinking. By the grace of God he rededicated his life to Christ. While attending church he discovered that God had made him for a purpose. He was called to begin the ETERNAL FATHERHOOD CENTER in 2006. Isaac is married to God-given, Purity Jackline Otieno and has two grown daughters.Image by
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