He Has You

Just as God gave you natural abilities, He can also give you supernatural ones. “Now there are distinctive varieties and distributions of endowments (gifts, extraordinary powers)… To one is given through the [Holy] Spirit … the power to work mighty miracles…” (1 Corinthians 12:4,8,10 AMP).

Miracles are outward manifestations of God’s infinite supernatural power in heaven, released in some small way here on earth. From the world’s perspective, a miracle of God is sometimes beyond amazing, but in heaven, miracles are commonplace.

Believe for the miracle but don’t require the miracle to believe. “‘Unless you people see signs and wonders,’ Jesus told him, ‘you will never believe’” (John 4:48 NIV).

Some miracles are huge by the world’s standards, like the parting of the Red Sea or the feeding of thousands with a small basket of food. Other miracles don’t seem as grand, but they are still equally from God, like the small meal that was provided to Elijah in the desert.

Some of God’s miracles are such small things by the measure of man. Elijah was on the run and needed something to eat. “…suddenly an angel touched him, and said to him, ‘Arise and eat.’ Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on coals, and a jar of water… he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights” (1 Kings 19:5-6,8 NKJV). Supernatural food has supernatural power.

Miracles are much more than the work they perform because their larger spiritual intention is to touch the lives of those who see them or hear about them. God does not do a miracle to prove Himself God but to draw us closer to Him.

Our focus with miracles is on the temporary natural outcome. The Lord Jesus has a far grander plan, looking to the eternal spiritual outcome. In your prayers, don’t lower the Lord into your plans, but ask Him to raise you into His. “You are the God of miracles and wonders! You still demonstrate your awesome power” (Psalm 77:14 TLB).

The natural man will use his intellect to water down every miracle with a worldly story filled with natural explanations. The natural man cannot understand a spiritual reality and so chooses the delusion of the pagan reasoning found in their natural minds.

If you can explain everything that happens in your life, then you are missing out on the supernatural from God. “Even Simon himself believed; and after being baptized, he continued on with Philip, and as he observed signs and great miracles taking place, he was constantly amazed” (Acts 8:13 NASB).

The gift of performing miracles is not to draw attention to you but to point people to your heavenly Father, through whom every miracle flows. If you take the credit for a miracle, then don’t be surprised when He doesn’t give you the gift the next time.

Spiritual pride is worse than natural pride because it credits man for the works of the Lord. “And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock; and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?” (Numbers 20:10 NKJV). Moses was a great man, but his error was when he said “must we”. It is the Lord who does the miracles; we are but the instruments.

We think God should allow more miracles to make our lives easier. But an easy life is never a godly life because it thinks it can get by without Him. Pray for a miracle, but be content knowing that God loves you beyond what you can imagine. Just as God’s plans work through miracles, His plans also work when the miracles do not come.

The faith of a Christian is not revealed in the midst of a miracle but in the midst of the mundane. “Also, make it your ambition to live quietly, to mind your own business and to earn your living by your own efforts — just as we told you” (1 Thessalonians 4:11 CJB).

Someone who has the gift of performing miracles will rarely know what miracle God has in store for them to give. In God’s imagination, there are miracles you can never imagine that He would do through you. Just be willing to be used by Him.

We think a miracle will produce faith, but it is faith that produces miracles. “Jesus said to him, ‘If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes’” (Mark 9:23 NKJV).

God will, on occasion, give some of His servants this gift of working miracles to use for a time. But there will be a special select group of His servants that will flow in this gift in their ongoing service to God. Not one of them feels worthy of their calling, for God never gives this gift to someone filled with pride.

There is no obstacle, no barrier, no hindrance greater in your life than your pride. It darkens your vision so much that you cannot even see yourself for who you really are. “Jesus said to them, ‘You are the kind of people who make yourselves look good before other people. God knows your hearts. What men think is good is hated in the eyes of God’” (Luke 16:15 NLV).

If you need a miracle, then pray for a miracle. Sometimes God may give it to you, and other times He may send one of His chosen servants to be the utensil through which His miracle for you will flow. Thank the saint, but only praise the Lord.

If you need a miracle, then just pray for one. Peter told the beggar who was lame from birth, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk” (Acts 3:6 NKJV).

For every miracle you are aware of, there are a thousand more that happen without your knowledge. There are men and women flowing in this gift, and it will often be through their prayers by which the miracle is poured out onto others.

I believe in miracles because I believe in a God who can do anything! “…whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do…” (John 14:12 NKJV).

God has a spiritual gift for every one of His children. It doesn’t matter which gift He gives you, but only that you use it to serve Him. To know your spiritual gift, you must first be spiritual, and it is only by your yielding to the Holy Spirit that it can ever happen.

The greater the yielding to the Holy Spirit, the greater the filling of the Holy Spirit. “Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is…be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:17-18 NKJV). You cannot fill a cup until it is first empty.

Our readiness for our gift is measured by the reason we want to receive it. If you want the gift to be seen higher, then the gift will never be given because your pride stands in the way. If you want the gift to achieve your purposes, you’re in error, for the gift is only to fulfill the purposes of God. Until you’re willing to only be a spoon or a fork in the hands of God, you’re not yet ready to receive this gift through which you can serve God.

It doesn’t matter how big your calling is, but only that you do it. “As each one has received some spiritual gift, he should use it to serve others…” (1 Peter 4:10 CJB).

It’s more important that you be in the will of God than you do anything for God. Spiritual gifts in the hands of a humble servant who is determined to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit will let loose the power of heaven down to earth, fulfilling God’s purpose to the glory of God. If this is your gift, may God bless you and lead you in how you can serve Him.

Seek to be in the will of God, and there you’ll find your purpose. “God has made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us new people so that we would do good works. God had planned in advance those good works for us. He had planned for us to live our lives doing them” (Ephesians 2:10 ICB).

It is a difficult truth to receive that God will not make it easy for you to serve Him in your calling. We think we could do more if He would make it easier, but that is our natural mind trying to rely on ourselves. God makes it hard on you so you will let Him be the source of all the strength, wisdom, power, and holiness necessary to achieve what He will do through you.

Never think that because you serve Him, that He will make your life easy. “Even though I walk through the [sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me” (Psalm 23:4 AMP).

Blessings to you always,

Paul Balius