September 2, 2021

Thursday

God Speaks Through Miracles

Exodus 7: 14-25

When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.”

Exodus 7:9

Would you like to see a true miracle? Do you think more people would come to the Lord if miracles widely occurred? Well, God can certainly do miracles; He is the God of all power. But think of this. In all of human history, few people saw the kind of miracles witnessed by Pharaoh—the Nile River turning to blood, the plague of frogs, the ghastly darkness, the angel of death—yet Pharaoh hardened his heart and refused to believe. People who reject God’s amazing grace also reject His amazing miracles.

Jesus made the same point in Luke 16, when the rich man begged Abraham to send Lazarus to his brothers. “If they do not hear Moses and the prophets,” Abraham said, “neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead” (Luke 16:31).

The God of miracles is the God of mercy, and if we reject His mercy we cannot grasp His miracles. But when we listen to God’s voice in His Word—it’s loud and clear—we can rejoice in all His wonders, especially in the greatest miracle of all: Jesus rose from the dead for you and me!

A point to ponder…

I never have any difficulty believing in miracles, since I experienced the miracle of a change in my own heart.
Augustine

Read the Bible through in a year

Ezekiel 13-15

I love you!!!

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