Miracles: Everybody needs one is more then a sermon series, but a reality. Every day I wake up with the reality that I need a miracle. As I interact with others along the way I am aware that I am not alone. We all need a miracle.
When my son called to let me know that they had been in an ambush this week I immediately knew he was a walking miracle. While the driver of his Humvee will be going home due to his injuries and it is questionable whether or not the machine gunner will return it is still a miracle. At the end of the day they all walk away. They have been through the valley of the shadow of death referred to as the kill zone in military terms and they have survived. As I talked to my son on the phone I quickly told him that he had experienced a miracle. I can't explain how a RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade) goes off in your Humvee and you don't receive even a scratch. The fact that the others lived to see another day in spite of their injuries is a miracle. as well.
I don't understand miracles. I don't understand why some people get their miracle and others don't. I don't understand why this time we got a miracle, next time we may not.
At the same time I'm finally OK with not understanding miracles. As Henry Blackaby often says, "God is God and I'm not." Last night our Teaching Pastor Rodney Anderson preached an awesome message on this very subject reminding us that there is a far bigger story in pay out there and we are yet to see the final chapter.
In our ministry team meeting this week I raise the question what if we are missing it when it comes to miracles. I mean we are so reserved and conservative when it comes to this kid of stuff. What if God really does want to take over our lives and provide a miracle for us. What if he wants to heal our illness, restore our marriage, restore our children, repair our finances, comfort our loneliness, bring peace to our depression, see us through our education, give us that job, build our churches, and glorify His name.
What if when we get to heaven we discover that there was so much more that God wanted to do in and through us if we had only believed.
All I know is this past week we received another miracle. While I am still struggle with my doubts I am more a believer this week in miracles then I was last week. It's all part of the journey. Do you need a miracle? Why not ask God and expect to receive one.
Thank God for your son's safety--continuing to pray...
"What if when we get to heaven we discover that there was so much more that God wanted to do in and through us if we had only believed." Great thoughts--I don't ever want to be in that position! This one is getting posted on my desk! Thanks!
Posted by: Rindy | December 16, 2007 at 12:44 PM