I’m going to take you back to your school days. Do you remember the laws of multiplication as they pertain to zero? Any number multiplied by zero will always result in zero. No matter the number—whether it’s 2, 2,000, or 2 zillion—the answer is always zero. But when there’s a number greater than zero, even as small as one, it makes all the difference. The product will be at least as much as the multiplier—whether 2, 2,000, or 2 zillion. This brings me to the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 (not including the women and children who were also present). It’s a story of God’s law of multiplication. There were so many people needing food, yet there seemed to be no resources to feed the multitude. That’s when Jesus asked what they did have. “Then Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up. ‘There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?’” (John 6:8-9, NLT) The little boy surrendered his five loaves and two small fish, and it fed a multitude—with plenty left over! “Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people…