Miracles


Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever (Hebrews: 13:8).

Do you really believe in miracles? Most Christians would likely answer, "Yes," but yet they're skeptical. Some might muster up belief in the miracles in the Bible, but they don't believe the same kind of miracles happen today. Yet, the Bible teaches us that the Lord is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. The God of the Bible is our God today.

If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O King (Daniel 3:17).

I can remember watching a video on the life of Saint Patrick. As I watched him coming out of a hut fully engulfed in flames unscathed, I found myself thinking this could never happen. Then, I caught myself. Didn't Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego come out of the fiery furnace unharmed? What was the difference?


For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts (Isaiah 55:8-9).

Others try to find a logical answer for everything. The Red Sea parted because of this special kind of wind, Moses could have seen a clump of acacia plants over a vent for a volcano, the Star of Bethlehem was likely Venus in a path closer to the Earth than usual or planets aligned, Elijah's fire on Mt. Carmel came from anvil lightning, and the list goes on. Some of these explanations sound much more ludicrous than a miracle.

And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God (Luke 18:27).

The real answer to miracles is that nothing is impossible with God. Skeptics have tried to say that Lazarus wasn't really dead but just in a state that mimicked death. He had been in dead for four days in a hot climate. The body had a repulsive odor and had begun the process of decomposing. That's why Martha was so concerned when Jesus told them to open the tomb. Lazarus was dead. But Jesus brought him back to life, just as He can bring us to a new life when we are dead in sin. We need to believe it. God can do anything!

For with God nothing shall be impossible (Luke 1:37).

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