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What Brings Miracles in Life
Yenny Kartika Official Writer
1744Matthew 14:16
But Jesus
said to them, "They do not need to go away; you give them something to
eat!"
Bible Reading for a Year [bible]psalm107[/bible];
[bible]james4[/bible]; [bible]ezeki19-20[/bible]
Many want to
see miracles, but how many are willing to be put in a place where they need
one? Miracles are not given for our entertainment, neither are they given to
build our faith. They are the result of our having faith. Almost every miracle
was the result of a desperate need. The greater the need, the greater the
miracle.
How great
would the miracle have been to feed the five thousand if the disciples had
hundreds of fishes and loaves, and just needed a little more? It was a great
miracle because they had so little in their own hands with which to do what
they were asked by God to do.
When we are
called by God to do a task, we often begin to look at what resources we have to
perform it. This can be the beginning of our fall from the faith that will be
required to do the true works of God. It is at the point that we see our resources
running out that we will experience the power of God. What we need to do the
true works of God will not be found in our own resources, or our own wisdom,
but in the limitless resources of God.
When the
Lord told Moses that He was sending him back to release His people from
bondage, Moses responded by saying that he was not adequate for this great
task. This seemed humble, but it caused the anger of the Lord to burn against
Moses. Moses was saying that his inadequacy was greater than God's adequacy. He
was focusing on himself instead of the Lord. This is the one thing that may
have caused more people to fail to fulfill their calling than any other single
factor.
We will
never be adequate within ourselves for what the Lord calls us to do. Only the
Spirit can begat that which is spirit. We are utterly dependent on the Lord to
do His work. True faith is not a feeling of adequacy in ourselves, but rather
of our focus on the adequacy of God. The greatest faith is that which can see
and believe in His provision in the time of the most pressing need. We need to
see every circumstance that is beyond ourselves as an opportunity to see a
miracle.
We are about
to see great miracles, because He is going to allow us to come into places
where we are going to need them. Let us determine now that we are not going to
focus on the need, or ourselves, but on Him. Let us prepare for these
opportunities by focusing on Him today.
We will never be adequate within
ourselves for what the Lord calls us to do. Only the Spirit can lead us and
through our faith in Him, we fully surrender and let God do what we cannot do.
This will bring miracles in our life.
