“So is the kingdom of
God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground”; – Mar 4:26
When Mary reminded the Angel Gabriel that she
was a virgin and thus unable to give birth to this “Jesus” that he talked
about, he replied that she’ll conceive because the Holy Spirit shall come upon
her. However, Scripture gives us no record that anything dramatic happened to
Mary after the angel left; all we do know was that a few weeks later she was
walking around with a bump, (Lk 1:35;41). That means that, for all practical
purposes, a baby started forming inside Mary the moment she believed what the
angel said!
In explaining the Parable of the Sower much
later in Lk 8:11, Jesus said “The seed is
the word of God…” Even the Apostle Peter in 1Pt 1:23 compared the word of
God to an incorruptible “seed”. What happened to Mary literally is what happens
to us metaphorically; the faith for your miracle comes when the seed of the
Word of God is planted in your heart; because “Faith comes by hearing, and
hearing by the word of God” (Rom 10:17).
An expectation for a miracle that was not
provoked or instigated by exposure to God’s Word is probably just daydreaming
or fantasy. It’s God’s will that everyone lives a good life (Jn 10:10); but
your good life is not my good life, so your prayer point cannot
be my prayer point. It’s under the atmosphere of the word of God that our faith
is provoked to specifically believe for “the
things that are freely given to us of God” (1Co 2:12).
And just as a woman mustn’t expose herself to
just about any man in the physical, you mustn’t expose your heart to just about
any “word”. Real, God-inspired miracles are only birthed in an atmosphere of faith-filled,
grace-based words of the New Covenant.
So, Beloved, “Let the word of CHRIST dwell in you richly” (Col 3:16); read the
word daily, listen to good messages, read grace-filled books and devotionals,
etc... and watch your spiritual life birth a miracle that’ll be just as
spectacular (at least for your level) as a virgin giving birth to a baby.
AMEN.
More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss
them in Jesus’ Name.
GREG ELKAN
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