After Jesus fed the crowd, he told his disciples to gather the leftovers so nothing was wasted. Twelve baskets were collected, one for each disciple, revealing God's care for even the smallest remnants and his playful character.
When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, gather the pieces that are left over, let nothing be wasted. So they gathered them and filled them a 12-basket with pieces of 5 barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. I love this. Verse 12, when they had all had enough to eat, he said to the disciples, gather the pieces that are left over. This is an example of stewardship. Like, God is not wasteful. All the, the remnants, the breadcrumbs, he's like, gather it. And what I think is kind of funny about this too, this is why I do know God just has a sense of humor, or I believe he does, is 12 basketfuls, right? 12 disciples, each one of them is walking away with a basketful like, what the dirt just happened to you, right? That had to be the reason. Yeah, they get their own personal Happy Meal. Exactly, exactly. But I think that's just a principle of management, of actual stewardship, that God cares about what's left over and that nothing be wasted with what he's actually given us to steward.
