“And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul.” (Acts 19:11) That just struck me today while reading. God was doing extraordinary miracles? Aren’t all of God’s miracles extraordinary? Or better yet, isn’t everything God does extraordinary? This got me to thinking about these things.
God performs miracles every day. Our bodies work properly for the most part. That in itself is a miracle. The sun rises and sets. The flowers bloom. A tiny seed can make a huge tree. You see all these things are miracles in themselves. God is a miracle just waiting to happen.
The fact that God loves us is a miracle. Would you truly love someone who treated you the way you treat God? Would you die for them? Would I? You see God doesn’t need us, but wants us anyway, and we need God so desperately.
God was doing miracles “by the hands of Paul”. What an honor and privilege. We are now the body of Christ, essentially His hands and feet. What is Jesus doing with our hands and feet? Do people see Jesus in what we do? Is God doing anything with our hands? Paul tells the church in Galatia
Jesus said after Peter’s great confession "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” in Matthew 16:18, “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” This tells me that if the Lord’s church is not growing, or not serving others, it’s not because of Satan or Hell, but because His Church (Body) has become lazy and is not serving. So what extraordinary things has God been doing with you? If your answer is nothing (or not much), then lets you and I begin to stretch our spiritual bodies and get to work. God wants to do extraordinary things with us too!
God Bless!
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