God Still Works Miracles
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Notice, if you will, that I said, “…with God, all things ARE possible” (Matthew 19:26), indicating present tense–right now, right here in in the present. Some people want to relegate miracles to only biblical history. They’re willing to accept what they have read in the Bible, but they doubt that there’s any real relevance for them today. But please, don’t be fooled; don’t misunderstand; don’t continue to labor under these illusions. Know that God is a relevant, on-time God. God is a “right here” and a “right now” God. The God who was, still is. The God who was back there, back then, is right here, right now. The God who was before time, is now in time and is always on time. The Bible says that He is “…a very present help in the time of trouble.”(Psalm 46:1) Songwriters have agreed with the Word of God when they wrote: “It is no secret what God can do, what he’s done for others, He will do for you.”
Have you any rivers that seem to be uncrossable? Just as He parted the waters of the Red Sea for the Children of Israel (Exodus 14:21-29), so He’ll part waters of trouble for you. Do some circumstances in your life have you trapped in what seems like a fiery furnace? Just as He delivered Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego (Daniel 3:19-25), so He will deliver you. King Nebuchadnezer asked the question: “Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? (Daniel 3:24) His counselors answered: “True, O King.” The King answered: “Look I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” (Daniel 3:25) The fourth man was the Son of God, taking the heat out of the flames. He’s still the Son of God, today, still willing to be in the furnace with us when we need Him; still willing to walk through the flames with us, still able to take the heat out of the flames and ready to bring deliverance just as he did for the Hebrew Boys.
God still works miracles, but sometimes we are unable to experience these miracles because we have and demonstrate some behaviors that keep us from receiving our miracle. One such behavior is a LACK OF FELLOWSHIP with the Miracle-Worker.
The Bible says that Jesus and his disciples were invited to the wedding (John 2:2). In other words, the people had invited Jesus in and began to fellowship with Him, and this invitation was extended before the wine ran out. Some of us don’t invite Jesus in until after the wine runs out. We don’t invite him in to celebrate the joy of life; we don’t invite him in for a season of praise and worship and thanksgiving; we don’t invite him in for a time of fellowship and friendship. As long as everything seems to be okay in our lives, as long as the marital road is smooth, and the children are behaving themselves; as long as there’s plenty of food on the table and the bills are getting paid on time; as long as the job is secure and we have the use and activity of all of our limbs and our faculties, we may hear that Jesus is in town, but as long as everything is everything in our little corner of the world, some of us do not take the time to extend an invitation for Jesus to come on over and fellowship with us and to celebrate and be thankful for those good times.
However, when things begin to turn sour; when economic recession happens and there’s talk of laying off thousands of state workers and other employers laying off employees; when the national budget can’t seem to be balanced; when bad things begin to happen to good people, then the invitation goes out, but it’s not an invitation to fellowship, but rather an invitation to “fix-it-ship.” “Lord, please come in and fix my job situation.” “Lord, please come in and fix my body.” “Lord, please come in and fix my finances.” “Lord, please come in and fix this economy.” “Lord, please come in and fix minds and hearts.” “Lord please come in and fix it up for us, fix it! fix it! fix it! Kiss the boo boo and make it better…”
In the text, however, Jesus had been invited to come into the wedding celebration prior to the problem. He was invited in to fellowship and be a part of the happy time that was going on, and when the wine ran out, He was already there. They had already established fellowship. And so, it should be with us. Believe it or not, fellowship with Jesus in the good times will help carry us through the bad times. Fellowship with Jesus in sunshine will sustain us in the time of storm. Fellowship with Jesus in the time of peace will guard our hearts and our minds in the time of confusion. Fellowship with Jesus in the time of prosperity will help us to get through times of poverty. When the invitation to “come in” has already been extended and fellowship has already been established as the result of an on-going relationship, then when trouble comes, when the storms rage, when there’s a need for a miracle, He’s already there. We don’t have to go looking for him. We don’t have to go in search of him; all we need to do is say “Father!” Because we belong to him and He belongs to us, we can say “Father!” Because of our constant fellowship we can say “Father!” Because of the personal nature of our relationship we can even get personal and say “My Father” I stretch my hands to thee, no other help I know. And not only can we cry out to Him, but we can expect to receive an answer from Him. We can even expect a miracle from Him. There’s no magic formula–just a matter of fellowship.
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About the Book
God Still Works Miracles is a series of sermons intended to inspire and encourage readers that God is still working miracles today. We may not see the literal miraculous parting of the Red Sea, but today God will figuratively part Red Seas of difficulty and adversity and allow one to cross over into blessing and peace. We may not see a woman’s minuscule amount of oil miraculously becoming an unlimited amount of oil, but today, God will miraculously multiply that which we have, and supply all needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. These sermons will remind the reader that what God did before, He can and will do again according to His will. God has not changed, and He is still “able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us” (Ephesians 3:20).
About the Author
S. Yvonne Hall is an Associate Minister at the Piney Grove Baptist Church in Virginia Beach, Va. She is blessed to have been called by God to preach the gospel, gifted by God to play the piano, and permitted by God to pursue a writing path. Beginning with her “calling” into the ministry, Yvonne has, and continues to believe that she “can do all things through Christ who strengthens her” (Philippians 4:13). She also believes that God has miraculously brought her and kept her through dangers seen and unseen, hence, this written affirmation that God Still Works Miracles.