Miracles.

Thursday, August 25, 2011
Miracles. I heard of a minister not too long ago that denied the existence of miracles in the present day. He claimed that God just “doesn’t work that way anymore.” According to his theological beliefs, when the days of the early church, as recorded in Acts, ended, so did the miraculous things that God chose to do in our world. To say that I disagree would probably be the biggest understatement I’ll use today.
Miracles happen around us all the time; we just don’t recognize them as such. Every time a person who is lost in their sin and headed for eternal separation from God in a place known as hell realizes their sin condition and trusts Christ to forgive it and wash it away – that’s a miracle. An eternal destiny is changed – new life has been given – and a name has been written in the Lamb’s Book of Life! Sounds pretty miraculous to me!
Every time someone who has been hurt or betrayed gives trust and love a chance again, a miracle has happened. That person may have even said at some point that they would never allow themselves to be in the position to be hurt again. And yet when the walls begin to fall and the trust begins to develop once more in a new relationship – that’s a miracle!
Every time a new life makes his or her entrance into the world, a miracle has happened. My little brother (technically my cousin but I consider him my brother so don’t correct me) and his wife are having a baby today in Conway. I can’t wait to get there this morning to share the exciting moment when he comes carrying her out into the nursery for us all to peek through the windows and brag. A whole host of lives are changing today, and the world’s population will increase by one. Jordan has carried this little girl for 9 months, and today she and Marty will hear the precious cry of their new world for the very first time. Miracles happen.
Every time someone is told by the doctor, “There’s nothing we can do, your time is very limited,” yet as time goes on the doctors suddenly can’t find any evidence of the previous diagnosis – that’s a miracle! I’ve seen people who were being eaten alive by cancer who went on to live long, happy lives because of the healing hands of God!
Every time a person reaches the end of their earthly life and makes their entrance into the very presence of God in heaven, that’s a miracle. To think that we could be talking to loved ones here, breathing air into our lungs only to be breathing the very next breath in a place that God has built just for us to live in for all eternity. God will take us on the ride of our lives after life ends here, and He’s promised that there’s nothing to fear about it at all, if we know Him.
So don’t tell me that miracles don’t happen today. To deny the reality of the miraculous in our day is the deny one of the most fascinating attributes of God. When we put Him in a box that is small enough for our minds to understand Him, we’ve attempted to make Him just another religious leader that can be explained away. So ya don’t understand everything about Him? Good – that’s what makes Him God and you a mere human that He loves. And that, my friends, is a miracle in and of itself.



That’s just a thought, and I welcome yours.
Until next time,
blake

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