The very first team went out to preach the gospel. They came to a small village called Nikiniki about 15 miles from our town of Soe. By this time, the Lord had used them to bring many people to the Lord Jesus.
As is the custom, the team went to the pastor’s house to stay with him. The pastor happened to be my uncle. My aunt, the pastor’s wife, was embarrassed because so many people came and she had nothing to give them to eat. It was famine time in Timor. There were 20 on the team.
God’s Instruction in a Time of Lack
The Lord spoke to the leader of the team, and he went to my aunt and said, “Ma’am, the Lord told me that you have four tapioca roots in your cupboard and that you should take them and cook them. They will be sufficient for all of us.”
She went to the kitchen and found exactly four roots as the Lord had revealed to the team member.
If the Lord told him about the roots, I had better obey the Lord and cook them, she thought.
After she had cooked the tapioca, the team leader said, “Please get water for tea.”
My aunt had enough sugar and tea for only two or three cups, but she obeyed.
“Put the water, tea, and sugar in the pitcher and mix it up for the people to drink as they eat the tapioca,” the leader said. She did as he told her. Then she made a small, flat loaf of bread out of the tapioca, put it on a plate, and prayed over it. The team leader also prayed. After they prayed, the Lord told them to give each of the guests a plate, which they did. They also handed out.
The Miracle of Multiplication
Then the Lord said to the team member,
“Now tell the pastor’s wife that she is to break the tapioca into pieces and give it to the people until their plates are full.”
Even though she thought, This is impossible to do, because there isn’t even enough to fill one plate, she obeyed the Lord.
My aunt then took the bread and broke it. Usually, mathematics will tell you when you break one in half, you get two halves. That is not necessarily so in God’s counting.
My aunt broke one, and then the half in her right hand became whole again, and as she did this, it made her cry, because she realized that a miracle was taking place in her hand. So she just praised the Lord and cried and broke the bread and broke it. The first man had a plateful and the second one, and the third one. Now everyone realized that a miracle was taking place. Even my friend who was the last one in line got a plateful. He too thanked the Lord and said, “Oh, Lord, You’ve done a miracle.”
An Overflow of Provision
All of them, after they had eaten some tapioca bread, came for tea at the same time. When you eat tapioca, it is so dry, if you don’t get something to drink, you feel terrible. My aunt wanted to put only a little bit in the cups, but the Lord said, “Just fill the cups up.” She obeyed again, and the tea just kept coming until all of them had something to drink. Many of them had two or three glasses of tea. So all of the team ate until they were completely full.
As a matter of fact, there was food left over they couldn’t eat. So even the dogs were satisfied; the Lord even took care of the animals.
Scripture Reference
I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in Me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.
John 14:12
Miraculous Monday: 22nd August 2022
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