The Wrong Way to React to Miracles (Part 1)

How would you react if you saw someone raised from the dead?  Would it amaze you or bore you?  You may consider this question absurd, but I have seen many Christians react with apathy when I tell them about a miracle that happened. 

One person told me he has been an eyewitness to numerous healings.  He has seen people get up out of wheelchairs and more than one person raised from the dead. Yet, he is unimpressed when it occurs.

Where does this lukewarm attitude come from?

It’s not that they don’t believe. They do believe God is the One Who did it.  At the same time, they consider it wise to be unconcerned with the miraculous, deeming it frivolous.  They consider it a distraction to their relationship with God.

Why is awe important?

They think that true faith is unmoved by stirring events.  Indeed, we should be unmoved by tribulations since they are the works of the devil.  On the other hand, a move of God calls for celebration!  He is all powerful and we are to praise Him for whom He is! 

This lack of wonder over God’s splendor is not obedience. Dismissing a miracle as nothing is rebellion, which grieves the Holy Spirit. To fear the Lord means to be in awe of His glory. That’s where wisdom begins.

Furthermore, thankfulness flows directly out of an awestruck heart. And remembering flows from thankfulness. True disciples will not forget the miracles God has given them. True disciples will yearn for the next encounter, not disregard the last as the Israelites did in the desert. 

The Israelites knew what they had was good. They knew Godly encounters got them out of Egypt. But, still, they rebelled.  They did not remember.  They did not fully drink it into their hearts. 

If a person doesn’t receive the miracle into their heart when it happens, how will they believe that God will ever do another one when they really need it?  Being thankful and remembering what He has done for you helps you to come to Him.  

If you don’t come to Him, you will never enter His rest.  If you don’t enter into His rest, you will never know Him.  And knowing Him is what it’s all about.  

Knowing Him is eternal life. 

John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

How to Receive from God

Look around at the people who are rocking and rolling in the kingdom--the ones who are experiencing God in a tangible way on a daily basis-the Heidi Bakers, the Todd Whites, the Pete Cabreras, just to name a few.  I’m talking about the ones seeing miracles and manifestations of the Spirit. How did they get there?  What is the one thing that all of these people have in common?

They have all opened their hearts

 toward God.

Once I realized this, I began to meditate on opening my heart toward God one night before I went to sleep. The next day, I began to receive revelations from the scriptures like never before. It was as if Jesus were explaining them to me Himself.

Another time I meditated on this, I got really emotional. I could feel Him in my heart saying, “I love you, I love you, I love you. I have so much more to bless you with, so much more, so much more, so much more…” This opened me to a place of peace so that I wanted to experience His love more and more and wondered what He had to bless me with.

Another time, He spoke in my heart “Fear not: All these things you fear –in Me, you’re safe.” I know I’ve read the words ‘’Fear not” a million times in the bible, but hearing them directly from Him to me brought them alive. It helped me to trust him.

When your heart is open, you actually receive what the Lord is saying to you. He speaks to us all the time, but when our hearts are closed, we’re not listening.

Here are two different easy ways to open your heart:

1) Imagine your heart is a flower opening up toward the sun.

2) Imagine standing at a door and the door opening up. Jesus is standing there and       you tell Him to come on in.

I've discovered that this is a magnificent tool for connecting more deeply with God. If you do this all the time, then your heart is always in receiving mode to receive the things God has already given you.

You can do it for specific things you're trying to receive. Ask him what he wants you to receive right now since your heart is open.

Do this every night before you go to sleep. You can do it anytime, while you're at work or standing in line at the grocery store.

Since He often speaks when you do this, it’s a natural prophetic activation tool. Try it right now. It only takes 2-3 minutes. What is God saying to you now that your heart is open?