Today we continue our unfolding of how God makes miracles in our life. I love seeing the miraculous. If you have ever seen a healing first hand then you know how it changes something inside of you. When the supernatural invades the natural, something seems to change forever. I have experienced a few miracles and because of them not even the greatest theologian or Atheist could talk me out of the existence of a God who loves us. This brings us to this weeks point.
#3 The moment of the miraculous occurs when we acknowledge our own inabilities.
This is at the core of what I love about God: He will never force you to do something. Don’t get me wrong, He is very good at helping you make a wise decision and choose to follow Him even if it is something hard, but He will never force you into the decision. He gives us freewill to decide if we are going to follow Him. This is an ongoing decision that we all have to constantly make, because He is constantly leading if you will constantly follow. As I wrote 2 weeks ago, when we are in the height of our struggle He is about to meet us with the miraculous, but God is willing to let you struggle it out, by yourself, as long as you want. He won’t force you to follow, although He wants you to follow and it is in your best interest to follow asap. The earlier we follow, the earlier we begin to live in His miraculous blessings. But let’s be VERY clear, everyone will bow at some point. It may not be on this earth, but at some point we all have to face our Creator.
“Let all the world look to me for salvation! For I am God; there is no other. 23 I have sworn by my own name, and I will never go back on my word: Every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will confess allegiance to my name.” Isaiah 45:22-23(NLT)
I know a lot of people who spend most of their lives fighting to prove that they can make it on their own as if the whole world thinks they are failures. These people are usually amazingly gifted people. God gave them some incredible talents. Those talents have launched them into extraordinary success. This success in specific areas of their life has fed into the thoughts that they are “self-made”. Unfortunately, they are missing the big picture. Yes, they have worked hard. Yes, they have done well for themselves. Yes, they are head and shoulders above others around them. Yes, because of their smarts, intellect, business sense, or decision making abilities they are prosperous. BUT each of those things are a gift from an amazingly loving Creator. They are only successful because God knew them before they were formed in their mothers womb. Is that hard to accept? At times, for me it has been. I want to think I have an active role in my own success. I want to think that my hard work will pay off in my own success.
Good News!! We do have an active role. We do have a huge part to play in our ongoing success. Just as freewill lets us choose to follow Christ, freewill also lets us choose to release the Holy Spirit into our life. Because here’s the deal: Our inability to admit our own insufficiency will limit the effectiveness of God’s sufficiency in your life. God is: All-powerful, All-knowing, Everywhere and at all times. God already made the way for you and already paid the biggest price. And now He is smart enough, wise enough and supernatural enough to create the miraculous in your life that pulls you out of where you are stuck and lift you to new levels of success. It is when we are strong enough to admit we can’t live this life on our own that He steps in and shows His power. There are always 2 parts to every miracle; our part and God’s part. His will ALWAYS do His part. Will you do yours?
