Miracles

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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