Automagically?

Looking for a miracle? Hoping for a miracle? Depending on one? Maybe you are in a situation or relationship that if God does not show up and perform a miracle, then there is going to be a crisis and it will be over for you. Are you praying non-stop for God's miraculous intervention?

When it comes to God and His miracles, there are a few things we need to consider. First, God can and still performs miracles, and it is faulty thinking that God only performed miracles up to Jesus' time and then He stopped. This would mean that God changed, and just an FYI - one of God's attributes is that He is unchangeable...so He didn't. God still performs miracles.

Next, we need to understand that miracles do not just happen auto-magically. They are neither automatic nor magical. God is not sitting around waiting for us to ask so He can deliver, and He is also not some great divine magician performing grand tricks, or grand illusions to you music fans (couldn't resist, sorry). Miracles happen out of obedience (responding to God's Word), not convenience (what we want when we want it). When we are obedient to God's Word and His plan, then we can see and feel Him working. But we can't simply look to obey God to get what you want or think you need. That's like kids only being well behaved when they want something...know what I mean?

Lastly, we don't get to choose the miracle or the timing. For example, if you are in need of a financial miracle or something bad is going to happen, you can't expect God to see to it that you get a miraculous raise at work (or some kind of employment change), get it? We need to trust God's miracle in His timing. Even if it the miracle is simply that you understand and have peace that you are where you are supposed to be, going through what you are supposed to be going through, because that kind of peace truly is miraculous.

God knows you best, heck He did knit you together in your mother's womb (Jer. 1:5). If you believe this to be true, then you also need to believe that He knows what is best for you. This is tough...you may not get the miracle you want or when you thought you needed it, but you will see God answer you miraculously - exactly as He knew you needed, if you are obedient.

...just sayin'

In His Grip,

Pastor Pat