The Miraculous

I’VE THOUGHT THE SAME THING MYSELF

“And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.”

MIRACLES MATTER

The miraculous is an integral part of Christianity. Disregard miracles and you have taken the very life out of it. One good definition of a miracle is, “An observed event that triggers an awareness and awesomeness of God’s presence and power.”

THE NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL

It’s important to point out that God uses the natural when performing the supernatural. Natural things become supernatural when God is associated with them. Things like an axe head, water pots, a barrel, ravens, and a teenage virgin, to name just a few. We see from these examples that generally miracles interrupt, but do not disregard, the usual course of nature. Nevertheless the God of nature is not tied to its laws.

AN IMPORTANT REMINDER

We do well to remember, in Bible times, as far as I know, no one ever saw a miracle while looking for one. The supernatural occurred while he or she were busy doing what came naturally. As that blessed man, A.W. Tozer, has written,"Miracles follow the plow."

EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE

Not often will the Lord do His part if we neglect to do ours. But He can and will, if it so pleases Him! And praise His name, “He knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.”