Feed My Sheep

Edward, the author of this message has painted the above picture of Jesus. You can see Edward also in the above photo. Edward is a co-worker with us, hailing from Vegas, USA.


When Jesus heard of it, He departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed Him on foot out of the cities. And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and He healed their sick. And when it was evening, His disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. And they say unto Him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. He said, Bring them hither to me. And He commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, He blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children (Matthew 14:13-21).

Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. And His disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children (Matthew 15:32-38).

In God's family today there is a famine and a drought going on. This is not a only a famine of hearing God's truth harshly being spoken out by our apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers, but a famine within the body itself. The love of many in the church has waxed cold, as foretold by Jesus in Matthew 13:15.

"For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them".

John 21:16 : "He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep".

As we read above, Jesus desires us to feed His sheep. But in today's churches, there are those who are unwilling to serve, yet they desire only be be waited on themselves. This goes beyond the example the Lord gave to us when He washed the disciples' feet:

"After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded" (John 13:5).

If we, as the body of Christ, desire to be more like Him, if we desire to "put on Christ", then it is time that we do as the Master did and rise up from being served ourselves, laying aside our garments in complete humility, and washing the feet of the saints (John 13:4).

We need to "take heed" and stop looking to our own selfish needs, and set our eyes on the feeding of the church of God, of which the Lord has made us all overseers . Acts 20:28.

Remembering that in our faith, the Lord will also clothe us. Matthew 6:30.

And we must also do this because we love the Lord, and we love his church, laying aside any obligation and any thought of reward. Remember, Jesus will never force us to serve others, yet again, we are showing Jesus how much we love him by serving others. This is the way to show the unadulterated, simple, unrestrained, but immense love of the Lord that resides within each of our hearts to others. This is the way that we need, and are called, to witness (1 Corinthians 13:3).

Are you willing to feed the 5,000 plus? Are you willing to feed the 4,000 plus? Then start today. In His ministry Jesus fed a total of 9,000 plus people with only 12 loaves and a few fish. This is a true miracle that Jesus gave us. But He has empowered us today to perform the same miracle. How many loaves of bread, how many fish does it take to witness the love of Jesus to the church, and the world today? I encourage the body of Christ to remember the words of Jesus:

"Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many," remembering that revival tarries even in our hearts, because we do not as in the early church and have all things in common (Acts 2:44).

May the Love of Christ fall on us all