The Gift of the Working of Miracles

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“To another the working of miracles; …” 1 Corinthians 12v10 (KJV)

“He gives one person the power to perform miracles, …” 1 Corinthians 12v10 (NLT)

We know our God is a God who performed, performs and will continue to perform miracles. However, the Holy Spirit also gives to people the power to perform miracles. We see for example Moses being a vessel to perform several miracles in the land of Egypt, Peter with Ananias and Sapphira, and our Lord Jesus performed several miracles. There are several reasons why God can give this gift, as a book I am reading noted:

 1. To deliver His children from tight corners.

Elijah had been sent by God to a widow in Zarephath who was to feed him during the time of famine. 1 Kings 17v8-16 (NLT) says “Then the LORD said to Elijah, “Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to feed you.” So he went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow gathering sticks, and he asked her, “Would you please bring me a little water in a cup?” As she was going to get it, he called to her, “Bring me a bite of bread, too.” But she said, “I swear by the LORD your God that I don’t have a single piece of bread in the house. And I have only a handful of flour left in the jar and a little cooking oil in the bottom of the jug. I was just gathering a few sticks to cook this last meal, and then my son and I will die.” But Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid! Go ahead and do just what you’ve said, but make a little bread for me first. Then use what’s left to prepare a meal for yourself and your son. For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: There will always be flour and olive oil left in your containers until the time when the LORD sends rain and the crops grow again!” So she did as Elijah said, and she and Elijah and her family continued to eat for many days. There was always enough flour and olive oil left in the containers, just as the LORD had promised through Elijah.” During a time of famine and shortage, when rain had stopped and crops ceased to grow, God didn’t have His servant suffer and run from door to door looking for food. He miraculously provided from a handful of flour and a little cooking oil. Beloved, God has not changed. Your bank account might be little, and you might have but a handful of flour and a little cooking oil, but His Word says “I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread” (Psalm 37v25, KJV). The children of Israel were also caught between the Egyptians and the Red Sea, and God miraculously saved them. Beloved, are you in some sort of trouble and don’t know how you will get out of it? Look to God. God miraculously saved the three Hebrew children out of the fiery furnace they were thrown into (Daniel 3), and Daniel from being eaten by the lions (Daniel 6). Remember, God can perform miracles in anyway He chooses and at any point in the process. Be still and trust in Him. Don’t look at the physical and try to reason how He would do it. Just know that He is faithful, and will see you through.

Supplementary Text

“And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.” Exodus 14v21-22 (KJV)

Prayer

Father in heaven, God of miracles, we worship You and bless Your holy name. O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help in Jesus name I pray, amen.

Reference

Pastor E.A. Adeboye (1997). God the Holy Spirit. Lagos: Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries.