So, I am perhaps the least adept with technology among your pastors. Also, my computer has been called “one of the oldest,” according to our patient IT guy. (I am getting a new computer soon and hope I can live up to the newness.) Along with all the rest of us, I have been on a steep learning curve with most things taking place by Zoom and many former meetings and classes converted to other formats and apps. My method of teaching now is by Zoom with Power Points to do what I formerly would have put up on a whiteboard or on a paper handout. Healing prayer services are by Zoom instead of in-person. I am super inept with Zoom. I can’t send a meeting invitation without multiplying it all over my calendar. And every single time I sit in front of my computer and try to pull up Zoom, I get kicked off 1-2 times. I am keenly aware of my own shortcomings and lack of technical prowess. And yet, on the other side of the technology are many who have a deep need to see Jesus. So I bring what little I’ve got and hope that we can connect.
In our Scripture today, we see people with deep hungers and needs, with both physical and spiritual hunger. Jesus was there to meet them and wanted them to be satisfied. What did He have to work with? A bunch of limited disciples and a boy with a little food he was willing to share. Jesus used that little bit of food to feed the crowd. He turned a small offering into a miracle that satisfied many.
So I will keep trying to work through my own ineptitude with Zoom to connect with others. My loaves and fishes are my meager abilities with Power Point and Zoom. Not much to brag about. But if I put them in Jesus’s hands, I know Jesus can do great things with the little I can do! With the power of the Holy Spirit added to whatever little we’ve got, multitudes can be fed and satisfied.