"What are they among so many?"

Imagine a crowd of about 5,000 men, plus women and children milling around. You cannot see the edges of the crowd, and they are pressing in on you. 
Then imagine with me the twelve disciples, looking at the sizable crowd, unsure of what to do with them. Lunch is approaching, and stomachs are feeling empty. Hunger is gnawing at them, and then it dawns on them: "we have nothing to feed them!" 
A little boy walks up, appearing excited. "I have some food! Would you like to use it?"
The disciple looks at it, at first impressed with the gift, and then realizing that it is not nearly enough. 
"Lord, there is a boy here with five loaves and two fish, but what are they among so many?" 
Then, Jesus tells the crowd to sit down, breaking a loaf in two as He gives thanks, and then giving it to the disciples to pass on to the crowds. Imagine the disciples' surprise as the five little loaves and two fish don't run out after the first couple of people! It is still being passed out fifty people later, and then two hundred people later, and then five thousand people later! And, on top of that, there are leftovers! 

Often, we ask the same question to God. "Lord, I can do only so much. My strength is so small, my talents so few, my influence so minimal. Yet there are so many needs to be met. What are my abilities among so many? What can I possibly do?"

But, we fail to notice, nothing happened until the five loaves and two fish were given to Jesus. When they were given to Him, He first gave thanks, then broke them. And then, He took them and used them to satisfy the hungry crowd.
Like the disciples, we get overwhelmed by the situation. "Oh, God," we cry, "I can't do anything!"
While it is true that we can't really do anything on our own, we get so discouraged by that fact, that we fail to see one very important truth. God is the One who works out unfathomable works, not us. 
Is it really up to you? How "up to you" is it? The only thing that is up to you is whether or not you will stop trying and start trusting.
We wish to give up our all to God, but often we don't see how He could do anything with us. But who is God? Isn't He capable of doing things that would blow our minds? Didn't He make the universe with the word of His mouth? Didn't He speak all of mankind into being?
God is bigger than any task. He would never allow a situation, no matter how difficult, into your life without giving you the means to go through it. His grace is powerful enough. He would never present a task without offering His power to aid you in His work.
God's will and work is not of little importance to Him. If He entrusts a task to you, will He not empower you and cause you to do incredible works? The only thing lacking then, is our faith in His ability to do so.
When we give Him what little we have, He breaks it, blesses it and uses it to work miracles in multitudes of lives!
He knows how! Certainly, we do not. But He does.

We must trust Him, because He is able!