It is worthy of note that the Christmas
miracle, Jesus Christ, was conceived like every miracle of God. Of a truth, God
does not circumvent His process. If it is going to be permanent then it has to
be done properly. So, God sent His word as a seed in the womb of Mary who was overshadowed
by the Holy Spirit whilst the seed was planted, making God the Father, Holy
Spirit and The Word of God (God the Son) active participants in this miracle as
with any life transforming or enduring miracle. There is no doubt that God is
painstaking with everything He does. He works and then checks to ensure that
everything is done properly. He was involved in the miracle all the way,
speaking to Joseph, leading Mary, preparing Elizabeth and ensuring that everyone
else, including Simon and Anna, who had a part knew what to do. God surely knows
how to and guards whatever He conceives until it is birth as long as we stay in
line. His miracles in our lives only get aborted when we, the carriers of the
miracle, get out of line. Satan cannot abort God’s miracle. He can’t even reach
it because God guards His seed jealously but we must then be careful to ensure
that we remain in line.
Jeremiah 1: 12AMP “Then said the Lord to me, you have seen well, for I
am alert and active, watching over my word to perform it.”
Isn’t it wonderful how Mary heard
and believed all that the angel said to her? Though nothing like what the angel
described had ever happened on earth, Mary was willing to participate as long
as it was of God. She allowed God make a demand on her yielding absolutely that
His pleasure may be done. The angel’s story was so strange that Mary asked how all
he had said would happen. I would have been shocked if his response made sense
to her; it did not but she believed God enough to yield to His will. From the
number of times the bible records that Mary pondered things in her heart, she
was certainly a deep thinker; but when it came to accepting the will of God,
she just yielded. She trusted God enough to yield without thinking it through.
Anyone who always wants to understand and explain God’s instructions to them
and/or workings in their life, may never work in the miraculous. It is
impossible to attain to the heights that God ordained for us if everything
always has to make sense to us for us to engage. God does what he does and that
notwithstanding how His method is perceived. Faith is relying on Him with even
when we don’t understand; being confident that He is in control and will
accomplish that which He has spoken and starts.
Luke 1: 38AMP “Then Mary said, Behold, I am the handmaiden of the Lord;
let it be done to me according to what you have said.”
Isaiah 55: 11AMP “So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth;
it shall not return to Me void 9without producing any effect, useless), but it
shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for
which I sent it.”
God makes promises and then time
seems to pass and nothing happens; the wait then begins to seem endless and
then when we have almost lost faith, God without warning, brings it to pass. The
coming of Jesus had been spoken of by different prophets and for a long time He
did not appear. Israel had been looking out for the Messiah to the point where
they started to feel that their hope was going to be disappointed. They had
even gone for years without a word from God but then Jesus Christ shows up on
the scene suddenly. There was no re-announcing to remind the people of His
coming; He just showed up. Unfortunately, many of us lose our miracles because
it did not come at the right time (i.e. that time that man decides it should come)
when God has His own timing and we often do not check for His timing when He
makes promises to us. God is the Master of the Universe and the Governor
amongst nations; He is in full control and determiner of times and seasons. He decides
what time is best for a miracle. We cannot afford to be weary. We must continue
to renew our hope and strength so that we don’t kill the miracle like the Jews
who were tired of waiting and thought He wasn’t coming anymore. Isn’t it amazing
how they searched so hard for Him and yet missed Him? The miracle that is Jesus
happened suddenly and without warning. That may be God’s way of giving you your
miracle which is too costly to lose. We need every miracle that is ours and we
can’t afford to lose any.
Genesis 18: 14 “Is anything too hard or too wonderful for the Lord? At
the appointed time, when the season (for her delivery) comes around, I will
return to you and Sarah shall have borne a son.”
Genesis 21: 1 “The Lord visited Sarah as He said, and the Lord did for
her as He had promised.”
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