“THE GOD OF LEFTOVERS” – A Powerful Narrative on 2 Kings 4:42–44
It was famine season in Israel.
The land was cracked. The trees were bare. Mothers whispered worried prayers as they scraped the bottom of their jars, hoping there was enough grain for one more day. Hunger hung in the air like dust—inescapable, suffocating.
BRAZAAR CHAIN / CHRISTIAN MERCH
And in that season of lack, a man from Baal-shalishah set out on a strange mission.
He wasn’t wealthy.
He wasn’t a ruler.
He wasn’t even named.
Yet he carried something small—but sacred.
In his hands were twenty barley loaves and a few ears of fresh grain. It was the firstfruits—the earliest, most precious portion of his harvest. Under normal circumstances, this offering would go to the priests. But the times were not normal. Israel had turned away. The priests were corrupt. The northern kingdom no longer honored the house of God.
So this man—unnoticed, unnamed, uncertain—walked miles under the scorching sun to find Elisha, the prophet of the Lord.
When he found him, Elisha’s eyes lit up. Not because the gift was large—because it was faithful.
“Elisha,” the man says softly, “this is all I have. But this belongs first to God.”
The prophet nods. Heaven smiles.
Suddenly Elisha turns to his servant and says words that sound painfully unreasonable:
“Give it to the men, that they may eat.”
The servant freezes.
“Master… this? For a hundred men? How can I set this before them?”
He sees the smallness.
He sees the impossibility.
He sees the math that does not add up.
But Elisha sees God.
And with the calm authority of a man who has heard the whisper of heaven, Elisha repeats:
“Give it to them… for this is what the LORD says:
‘They shall eat… and they shall have some left.’”
Not barely enough.
Not just enough.
More than enough.
So the servant obeys.
He sets the small offering before the hungry crowd.
They look at it, puzzled.
He hesitates.
He steps back.
And then, heaven touches the ordinary.
The loaves do not run out.
Hands take bread—yet the basket remains filled.
Men eat—yet the supply does not decrease.
And when every stomach is satisfied…
There are leftovers.
Exactly according to the word of the LORD.
THE MESSAGE
This is the God of Scripture—
the God who multiplies what is surrendered,
the God who honors what is given in faith,
the God who turns scarcity into testimony.
He did it in the days of Elisha.
He did it again with Jesus feeding the five thousand.
And He still does it today.
God can take what seems too small,
too insignificant,
too insufficient…
…and breathe on it until it multiplies.
Sometimes all He needs is an unnamed man,
with a simple offering,
and a faith that walks miles without applause.
Because miracles are born
the moment what is “not enough”
is placed in the hands of the God
who is more than enough.
BE BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE!
Chris N. Braza, ACE
Soul Care Ministry Philippines
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