The
supernatural is for every child of God, everyone who believes.
Actually,
to claim that we have a relationship with the living God presupposes that we can
live in the supernatural realm because God is a supernatural being who cannot
be seen with our natural eyes. Isn’t it odd to think that we can talk to God
and hear Him but other areas of the miraculous are not reachable? If we can
communicate with God it means that we have access to the supernatural realm.
Throughout
the Bible men through faith in God performed “impossible feats”. They opened up
the sea, stopped the sun going down, called down fire from heaven, walked on water,
healed the sick and raised the dead. Many of them lived before Jesus under a
lesser covenant. The New Testament recorded Jesus’ and His followers’ works of
miracles in graphic details. Before Jesus left the world to go back to His
Father He told His disciples that those who believe in Him will do even greater
works (John 14:12).
Signs and
wonders marked the ministry of Jesus. Signs and wonders marked the ministry of
the early apostles. Signs and wonders must also mark the ministry of the church
today. But why is it not so -mostly? Where are the greater works that Jesus said
would be commonplace?
Most in the church today are concerned about one of two things: trying
to do something for God or trying to be good for God. But the thing is that
anyone can do these without God being involved at all. Although it gives us a
sense of security doing things we know we can manage, a humanistic gospel is
never the true gospel. The lack of power does not come without a cause. The
more we try to do something we know to do without God the more we are estranged
from His presence and His power.
Only when we attempt the impossible are we telling God that we need Him
to show up! That is why Jesus placed so much emphasis on a ministry of signs
and wonders. Those who have received supernatural blessings have no doubt that
the very personal God has broken into their world. Those who administer the
blessings have no doubt they have become a vessel through which the streams of
living water flow (John 7:38). A life like this is worth living because God’s
Life is being lived out through you (Gal 2:20). We are meant to live like this
and only those who have Christ can live like this. Anything less simply cannot
satisfy.
So choose to live the supernatural life. Start with this: go heal the sick. You will find the whole of heaven backing you up.
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