Waiting for a Miracle

Waiting for a miracle. That is what we are doing right now. God has been directing us to begin the process of moving to New Zealand to start a new church...to meet people who are looking for hope. 

It is funny, you would think that God would ask people to do things for him that they could actually do themselves, but that is not the way God works. Many stories of the Bible show us that God loves to use ordinary people to prove what He can do with nothing - to show the world that God is bigger than we could ever be. That He can do what we can not. 

Jesus used one boy's lunch to feed thousands of people. A lunch that filled their bellies, then filled up baskets with leftovers. How can there be leftovers from one lunch that fed thousands of hungry people? It was a miracle. 

Esther boldly went before the king to ask for her people to be rescued. How was she, a Jewess, able to approach the king? She was chosen. She was favored. It was a miracle.

David, a small teenager, killed a giant. He used a sling and small stone to kill a man twice his size who had a sword and shield. How was this possible? It was a miracle.

Lazarus was dead. He was buried in a tomb. His family was mourning. Jesus comes and calls to him. Lazarus walks out of the tomb...alive. It was a miracle.

Jesus died on a cross. He gave up his life. He was buried in a tomb. Three days later, he arose from the dead. He is alive. It is a miracle.

This is why we are waiting for a miracle. We serve the God of miracles. Many people wonder how we can possibly raise the funding to move to a country on the other side of the world. We can't but the God of miracles we serve can do the impossible.

  
A speaker at a conference I attended gave me a bracelet that is now on my key chain. It was made from a short portion of a soft measuring tape. She told me that it was to represent Ephesians 3:20 "Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine..." 

God is able to do more than we can imagine. He asks us to do things that we are unable to do ourselves. Not so that we will look foolish or fail. Not so people can watch us try to do things that will never be done. God wants to use us to show His power to others. He does the impossible to show us that He is God and we are not. If He always asked us to do something easy or something within our reach, who would be able to see the power of God in the midst of it?

God has asked us to do something that we are unable to do ourselves. So, we are stepping out in Faith to do the impossible. We would love for you to join us in this adventure of seeing God multiply "our lunch" to do immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine. 

We are waiting for a miracle...
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