THE UPPER ROOM DAILY DEVOTIONAL 28 AUGUST 2024, WEDNESDAY MESSAGE
TOPIC: Enough Is Plenty
Today’s Reading
Matthew 14:13-21
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They all ate and were satisfied. – Matthew 14:20 (NIV)
TODAY’S MESSAGE
Martha was a regular patron of our food pantry. She had worked as a domestic employee of a local family, but her retirement income was minimal. Four people lived in her home, which had no central heating. She came to the pantry every other month to supplement her meager resources. One day a farmer had brought in a supply of squash. The pantry had mostly canned and dried goods for our patrons, so I remember Martha’s eyes lighting up at the unexpected fresh food.
A few months later, Martha returned to the pantry — this time with a grocery bag full of squash. She told us that she had grown the squash from seeds she had taken from her pantry squash. Then she said, “I knew how to grow things from my early life on a farm. I loved that fresh squash so much that I’d like to share it with others who need some freshness in their lives.” It was, in every way, a miracle of multiplication. Remember, Jesus reassured his doubtful disciples that they could feed the five thousand by faith, even though their resources were minimal. “They all ate and were satisfied.”
Today’s Prayer
O God, we pray for those who live day-to-day with little access to fresh, nutritious food. Help us find ways to supply life-sustaining food to those in dire need of it. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Thought for the Day
What keeps me from sharing out of the abundance I have?
Prayer Focus
Patrons, donors, and volunteers of food pantries
The Upper Room Daily Devotional 28 August 2024 Message. The Upper Room is a daily devotional magazine published in more than 30 languages and 100 countries around the world. The daily meditations are written by readers of the magazine and others interested in sharing their faith experiences through writing—both laity and clergy, published authors and new writers. The meditations are stories of real people working to live faithfully with the Bible as their touchstone. Every day, readers of The Upper Room around the world read the same story in many different languages and pray the same prayer together. Read More
