Broken without being Bitter

[AGAPE]

"There is a lad here, which hath five barely loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?" (John 6:9)

"And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them: and the two fishes divided he among them all." (Mark 6:41)

"When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, 'Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost'." (John 6:12)

The Blessing includes Brokenness

"Hey mister, mister, look what my mother packed me for lunch!!! She made me 5 loaves of barley and 2 fishes!!! My mother loves me!!! Look at what she fixed me!!!", the young lad joyfully tells Andrew
"Yeah, yeah", mutters Andrew as he tries to listen to Jesus talking about eternal life.
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Jesus turns to Philip and asked, "Where are we going to get bread to feed all of these folk?"
Philip answers, "Lord, there is NO WAY that we can feed them. We don't have enough money!!!"
Andrew suddenly remembers the joyful young lad and speaks quickly to Jesus, "There is a lad here, mostly a pest, yet he has 5 barely loaves and two fishes."
"Tell him to come here", Jesus replies.
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"Sir? Jesus wants to talk with me? Yes Sir, coming right away".
Joy fills the lads face. JESUS wants to talk with HIM.
"Sir? My lunch? Uhh... Yes sir you can have it"
Jesus takes the lunch from the lad and begins to bless it...
"Ohhhh, Jesus is blessing my lunch, wow!!!"
...and then Jesus begans to break it....
"WHAT IS HE DOING WITH MY LUNCH???"
...and then Jesus begans to bless others, including the lad, with it....
"WOW! What in my hands would have only nourished ME in the hands of Jesus nourished THOUSANDS!"


The point being: When You give all to JESUS you will be broken, but the end result will be the blessing of thousands, including you.

During the moments of breaking we are much like the young lad and question, "WHY LORD", but during the times of blessing we are able to understand that "his ways are above our ways".


"And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:" (Genesis 12:2)
The above is the word of the Lord to Abram, but it was not UNTIL the breaking on Mt. Moriah that Abraham really understood the blessing.