A Supernatural God

“I despaired at the thought that my life might pass me by with out God moving greatly on my behalf.” - Jim Cymbala
I have been meditating on this quote for a few days and it has been rocking my world. When I first came across the quote I thought it was a little selfish. I mean, isn’t that what those 'miracle chasers' do? They travel all around just to see something supernatural, yet are never transformed. Someone in the Bible even tried to buy the power of impartation from the apostles (Acts 8). This quote stuck with me however, and as I began to let it sink in I realized this is what the apostles asked for and God was happy grant it. Not for our glory but rather His.

In acts Chapter 4, Peter and John have just been released from prison for healing a cripple and preaching the resurrection of Christ. They got together with the other saints and this was their prayer:

“Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus."

And this is what happened:

"After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.”

They had already spoken boldly. They had already healed and then they asked for more. God not only granted their request to move powerfully through them. He showed His great pleasure by shaking the ground they were on and filling them once again with more of the Holy Spirit. They understood that they needed this. A great commission had to be backed up by great empowering.

The supernatural is not something that God reluctantly does. It is not something He was happy to do for a little while but stopped when He finished those 66 great books we call the Bible. The supernatural is who God is. I don’t believe you can separate that from Him anymore than you can separate Love from Him. Not only that, he oftentimes expresses his love through powerful acts. God loves to show himself powerful on behalf of his beloved children.

2 Chronicles 16:9 states:

“For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.”

The Lord is calling us to step into situations that bring Him glory through power. I long to look back on my life and state with confidence that the Lord moved greatly on my behalf because He wants that.