Intro. We often view our needs of healing, deliverance, provision in the wrong light. We see them as elements of destruction…something that is going to cause us to lose. In reality for the child of God it is “ A Miracle Just Waiting To Happen.”
Text: Heb. 13:5 KJV "......for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."
Amp. …He (God) Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. ( I will) not, (I will) not, (I will ) not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let (you) down (relax My hold on you)! (Assuredly not!)
God has promised us in Heb. 13:5 that…
- He will not anyway fail us.
- Give us up w/o support
- Leave us without support.
- In any degree leave us helpless.
- Nor forsake us.
- Nor let us down.
With promises such as these we must never, never, never give up. We must take comfort and be encouraged and confidently and boldly say, “The Lord is my Helper, I will not be seized with alarm. I will not fear or dread or be terrified.” Why? Because whatever I’m going through…whatever I’m faced with…is “A Miracle Just Waiting To Happen”.
In Mark 2:1-12 we find a cripple man who, on his on couldn’t get to Christ the healer.
Note with me….
The Road To His Miracle: Jesus was in Peter’s house teaching the Word. The crowd was so big, even standing around the door, until no one could get near Jesus.
Four men, pick up a paralyzed man and took him to Jesus for a miracle. When they arrived they couldn’t get anywhere near Him. The apparent thing to do…the easy thing to do…would have been #1 to come back another time….#2 give up, considering it useless. But there was something about these four men that wasn’t normal…they were not the type that gave up so easily.
We need people that will not give up....Bartimaeus would not give up, he cried out the more....the woman with the issue of blood wouldn't give up, she pressed her way through the crowd...Peter wouldn't give up, he got out of the boat with stormy winds blowing and walked on the water. You may say but he started sinking yes but he got back in the boat!!
The main directive to your miracle is…DON’T GIVE UP!
The Four Essentials To A Miracle: These four men possessed four essentials that caused the miracle to happen; four essentials that I believe precede a miracle.
#1: Compassion : They had compassion.....They wouldn’t just leave this man lying there. His miracle was only a few feet away and they wanted him healed more than they wanted their convenience. They had compassion for this their friend.
Compassion is “sympathy for the suffering of others, often including a desire to help.” In our busy world compassion has become a lost commodity. No one takes the time anymore to stop long enough to reach out and touch someone in need. They had in their hands “A Miracle Just Waiting To Happen.”
#2: Commitment: They were committed....They were committed to a higher cause….something more important than their convenience. The cause was his miracle. At this moment it was more important to them than anything else. If you ever become truly committed to something you will not be so easily persuaded to give up until the task is complete.
#3: Determination: They had determination.....Giving up was not an option. A miracle isn’t always easy to come by. They had to find a way to get around the obstacles that stood between them and their miracle…people. They were determined!! They found another way.
a. They climbed to a higher level. This wasn’t an easy task to carry a full-grown man up a flight of stairs to the roof of a house but they were determined.
b. They made a way by tearing up another man’s house to get the miracle. Sometimes you have to tear up someone else’s stuff to get to where the miracle is!!
c. They were men of strength (unified). They lowered him down to Jesus.
#4: Faith: They had faith.....Beyond the visibility of their compassion…their commitment…their determination was something that was the key motivator….they had faith…a faith that said, if we can only get him to Jesus, he’ll be healed.
Faith will cause you to push through every obstacle…every hindrance…. whatever stands in the way and reach for what others say and believe is the unreachable.
You’ don’t need great faith to see great things happen…you just need faith! “If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.” Matt. 25:20
Conc. I believe tonight that whatever is wrong in your life…your body…your mind is
“A Miracle Just Waiting To Happen”!
