Believe in Miracles

While the man held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon’s Colonnade. When Peter saw this, he said to them: “Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his  servant Jesus.” Acts 3:11–13

Too few people grasp how God can work and how he can set things in order here on earth. We see things only from a natural viewpoint. Our educated outlook prevents us from seeing miracles.

God of the Impossible

Is anything too hard for the Lord? Genesis 18:14

Abraham was to have a son, though both he and his wife Sarah were well on in years. But the Lord assured him: “Is anything  too hard for the Lord?” A similar thing happened to Mary, two thousand years later. She, too, could not quite believe that she was to receive a son. Yet the angel told her, “For nothing is impossible with God” (Luke 1:37).

Signs and Wonders

Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. John 20: 30–31

When the Father in heaven does something, we should be all eyes and ears. Yet today, whenever a miracle takes place, we wrap it up and put it in our pocket, we keep it to ourselves. For this reason there is no blessing on it, and those around us don’t want to hear anything about it.

God Delivers

For you, Lord, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. Psalm 116:8

David had been in deadly peril, almost doomed to death. And yet God delivered him. So he praises the Lord for keeping him from stumbling.

Be Still

In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength. Isaiah 30:15

The prophet Isaiah spoke at a time when God’s people were in great danger from invading enemies. One can imagine the tremendous unrest, turmoil, and confusion that came when they were prey to the murderous, vindictive, blood-thirsty, and predatory enemy.