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From Heaven With Love
will keep every soul that is brought into perplexity through trying to
keep the way of the Lord.
How We Often Repeat Andrew’s Unbelief
Christ has bidden us, “Go ye into all the world, and preach the
gospel to every creature.”
Mark 16:15
. But how often our faith fails
us, as we see how great is the need and how small the means in our
hands. Like Andrew, often we hesitate, unwilling to give all that
we have, fearing to spend and to be spent for others. But Jesus has
bidden us, “Give ye them to eat.” Behind His command is the same
power that fed the multitude beside the sea.
In Christ’s act is wrapped up a deep spiritual lesson for all His
workers. Christ received from the Father; He imparted to the disci-
ples; they imparted to the multitude; and the people to one another.
So all who are united to Christ will receive from Him the bread of
life and impart it to others. Jesus took the small loaves, and although
there was but a small portion for His own disciples, He did not invite
them to eat, but began to distribute to them, bidding them serve
the people. The food multiplied in His hands; and the hands of
the disciples, reaching out to Christ, were never empty. After the
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people had been supplied, Christ and His disciples ate together of
the Heaven-supplied food.
The disciples were the channel of communication between Christ
and the people. The most intelligent, the most spiritual, can bestow
only as they receive. We can impart only what we receive from
Christ; and we can receive only as we impart to others. And the
more we impart, the more we shall receive.
Too often the worker for Christ fails to realize his personal re-
sponsibility. He is in danger of shifting his burden on organizations
instead of relying on Him who is the source of all strength. Suc-
cessful work for Christ depends not so much on talent as on earnest,
dependent faith. In place of shifting your responsibility on someone
you think is more richly endowed than you are, work according to
your ability. When the question comes home to your heart, “Whence
shall we buy bread, that these may eat?” let not your answer be the
response of unbelief. When people are destitute of the bread of life,
shall we send for someone from afar to come and feed them? Christ