Be The Miracle
What do you believe God is capable of doing? The impossible or the mediocre?
Most of us believe that God can and will do anything that He desires. So much so that sometimes our belief in miracles stops right there at God. They just come to a screeching halt. Then we wonder why we never see the miraculous happen. The answer is, because sometimes God needs the miraculous to happen through us.
There have been a few times where I felt God tugging at my heart to do something. I say no, or worse, I hesitate. I stall. Start thinking “what do I say” and overthinking everything. I had an incident like that this weekend. Went on my little food break. Went to the food court in the mall. Tray in hand and walking, I looked to the left and saw a girl with her head down sleeping, 2 empty tables, then a family. Nah! I like my space and privacy on break, although I felt I should sit there. I walk down, look down the hallway of other tables where I normally sit, and it’s like someone is tugging me back. I reason to myself, “it looks crowded down there too”. So, I turn around and sit where I just passed. By the family? No, for some reason closer to the girl with her head on the table. I don’t know if she’s homeless or just taking a nap to prepare her for when she goes back to work. But I sit.
She eats a bit. My peripheral vision sees all she has is a small order of white rice and a soda. Does she not have money for more, did she get kicked out, is she sick? She takes a bite and puts her head back down. I’m half-way through my sub when I feel something in me nudge like, “ask her if she’s ok.” Now my mind is racing. I can barely eat. “And then say what?” What if I have to have a real conversation? What if I need to pull out a verse I don’t fully know? “then ask her if you can pray for her” huh? What if she hates Christians? Now I’m hesitating. Now I’m doubting. Now I’m asking God for confirmation if that’s what I should really do. Then I think to myself, remember the last time that you hesitated, and you were upset the opportunity passed for maybe a miracle to happen. What if she has suicidal thoughts and I could be the one here for her. What if she needs healing from something and God will use this circumstance to come through instantly?
A lot of times, as Christians, we believe in miracles, we just don’t believe they can be done through us. Or we take on this lazy mindset that says someone else will do it, or God’s will, will get done either way. Or we are just scared out of our pants to speak to a stranger and think we could somehow mess things up. So, I thought to myself, what if this is the moment for something miraculous to happen. Am I going to be responsible for stopping God, simply because I was scared?! For we are made stronger in our weakness.
So, I put my sub to the side and asked, “hey, are you ok? …silence! And then, the girl next to me sits up and starts smiling, but kind of wiping her eyes. She explains. She’s fine, she just waited too long to eat and now it’s difficult to eat what she does have. Understandable. Whew! I can get back to my lunch now…until I feel that nudge again. “Excuse me, I’m getting ready to leave, but is there anything I can pray for you?”
Hey eyes lit up! She says she never expected to find a sister sitting next to her! Yep, she is a Christian. She tells me where she goes to church, and some of the things at work that can be burdensome. After she tells me more about her helplessness at her job I prayed for her. We exchange numbers, she tells me about a bible study she attends with other young people on the weekend.
This was not a big, supernatural healing kind of miraculous event. But real miracles happen in the small things. She was blessed and I was blessed by the end of it. All of this reminds me of Ephesians 3:20
“Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.”
Did you see that? The part of the verse that says, “through his mighty power at work within us”. Hold on… this part à “at work within us” That means that there is work for US to do.
Do not take that lightly. Do not be passive in your daily walk with your Heavenly Father. Yes, it may be uncomfortable. Maybe you don’t have elegant words to say. But just do a little bit, and God will open up the rest of the door. Take it from my personal experience, nothing is worse than God showing you a piece of what He wants you to do, and you don’t and all you are left with is wondering what could have happened or what type of impact God needed you to make in that person’s life at that particular moment. And the enemy is tricky because He will throw on shame and guilt to top it off. But that part isn’t God. However, stop wanting God to do the supernatural in your life and you won’t allow the supernatural to get done through you. Stop wanting people to know how amazing God is, and you aren’t even open enough to allow the seeds to be planted. God needs your assistance. And yes, His plan is going to get done. But when He invites you in to be a part of it, take it from me, you want to introduce yourself into that circle. You don’t want Him to stop inviting you in. Plus, the more you say yes, the easier it gets. I get a bit socially anxious, but I’m excited to be able to reach past me and get to where God desires in that moment. You aren’t a puppet to be used by God. You’re a partner in blessing, so act like it!
No, the girl I spoke with this weekend didn’t need supernatural, instant, prophetic healing, but she needed to be seen for that moment. And I needed a divine connection to spark something in me.
What will God allow to happen through you this week?
