March 16, 2011

Supernatural!

Do you believe in miracles?

If your answer is yes, then you are a part of the majority. In a recent survey, 8 in 10 people said they believe in miracles. Even folks who described themselves as non-religious affirmed a belief in the miraculous.

According to our English dictionary, a miracle is defined as “a wonder, a marvel, an extraordinary event revealing or ascribed to divine intervention in human affairs.”

When God shows up in someone’s life and does something good and beneficial that can’t be explained by natural reasoning or natural laws, we know that the miraculous has happened.

The Bible is a supernatural book that, from the first chapter to the last, presents God as a living, caring, personal, miracle-working God. It shows us a God who actively intervenes in our world, and in people’s lives with His power. He does things in and for people that cannot be explained by natural reasoning or natural laws.

Nowhere is this seen more clearly than in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Throughout His earthly ministry, He gave sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, movement to the paralyzed, forgiveness to the shame-filled, and freedom and deliverance to people tortured and tormented by demon spirits. The greatest miracle of all was His resurrection from the dead!

This same Jesus does miracles today:

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. — Hebrews 13:8 (NIV)

Because Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever we can approach Him with confidence. Any time we face a need that is bigger than our capacity, a problem that defies our solutions, an impossibility that has limited or log-jammed our lives in some way we should boldly go to Him with hope and faith in His love for us and in His power to help us.

Speaking of Jesus’ love and care for us, and His willingness to miraculously help us, the writer of Hebrews described the perspective we should have in going to Him with our needs:

Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. — Hebrews 4:16 (NIV)

Whatever you are facing today, remember that the God of the Bible is a God who still does miracles. Through Jesus Christ, you can confidently approach Him with your needs and trust Him to do the supernatural in your life!

Pastor Dale