Although we serve the God of miracles who performs miracles [temporal bypass of natural laws] to draw people to himself, yet he desires to bless us even more than perform miracles. What is the difference between a blessing and a miracle?
Blessing – prevents crisis; renders a permanent solution; always brings abundance.
Miracle – delivers from crisis, offers temporary solution, brings abundance once in a while.
To be healthy is better than getting healed repeatedly.
To be wealthy is better than getting financial breakthroughs.
To avoid problems is better than getting delivered from them.
Isn’t it? Which do you prefer?
As someone said and how true it is? – Living from miracle to miracle is living from crisis to crisis. When it comes to personal needs, miracles are for people who don’t have a revelation of God’s blessing. God always wanted His creation to remain blessed but sin polluted it and blessings flew away. Sin brought sickness, poverty and wars. Then came the need for miracles.
Believers pray for financial miracles, healings or other temporal needs yet disobey God’s Word. For example, God told us to work so He could bless the work of our hands. God told us that if we would give, it would be given to us. If believers don’t work and don’t give offerings, how will they be blessed?
If we abuse our bodies, we can receive a miracle of healing. But if we go on abusing it, sickness returns and we need another miracle. Following instructions on diet, exercise, work, sleep and right use of emotions will work like medicine.
Laughter they say is the best medicine. Ignorance of God’s Word, as well as unbelief, stops God’s blessings and in turn brings crisis, and disaster.
If in a crisis if they believe for a miracle, it will come; yet, again and again, they need more miracles. Deuteronomy 28:12.
The Lord prefers to keep you healthy and wealthy rather than to heal you miraculously or give you financial breakthroughs repeatedly.
Abraham’s blessing belongs to us through faith in Christ. Divine favor brought him abundance. It will do the same for us when mixed with faith Galatians 3:13-14
How would you receive blessings instead of looking for miracles? Ephesians 1:3; Luke 6:38
– Knowledge and Faith. Meditate on his Word and act like it is so.
– Be a good cheerful giver
Indeed this is a revelation to me. Thank you Pastor for being a channel of God’s blessings, for God is enabling you to help us open our eyes and ears and understand the mysteries of HIS Word.
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