Memorise:
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were
oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. Acts 10:38
Read: John 9:1-7;
1 AND as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was
blind from his birth.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who
did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor
his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while
it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of
the world.
6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground,
and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with
the clay,
7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam,
(which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and
came seeing.
Message
A potential recipient of uncommon miracles is a workshop
of wonders. A classic example is the man born blind in today’s Bible reading.
No artisan or craftsman can do his work effectively without a workshop. It may
amaze you that candidates for miracles are workshops for the miracle-working
Jesus. When the disciples confronted Jesus on whether the blind man was born
blind as a result of sin, He said neither the man or his parents did sin. Jesus
said he was born blind so that the works of God might be made manifest in him.
Jesus swung into action immediately; with His creative divine ability, He
produced brand new eyes for this man.
You too can be a workshop for the great
Miracle-worker provided you are willing to receive your miracle today. There
are several things we should learn from the blind man that qualified him as a
workshop for wonders. One of these is that this man was available for the
wonders. One of these is that this man was available for the miracle. Before
someone can be a workshop for wonders, he or she must be available. The blind
man was there at the right time when the Miracle-worker was to do His work!
Another thing about this man is that he surrendered himself for Jesus to work
on. The Bible says:
“When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made
clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation,
Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.”
John 9:6-7
This blind man did not only surrender himself to be
worked upon, he carried out all the actions necessary for the actualisation of
his miracle. The miracle would not have taken place if he had not cooperated
with the Workman – Jesus, by washing at the pool of Siloam. Naaman was another
workshop for wonders who cooperated with the process required for the
actualisation of his miracle; although this came after his initial
self-aggrandisement that would have robbed him of his miracle (2 Kings
5:13-14). My pastoral advice to you is that you should exercise complete obedience
in humility of God, His word and His ministers if you want to live in the
miraculous this year.
Prayer
Point:
Father, please make me a workshop for your miracles.
Let not my hour of miracles elude me.
BIBLE
IN A YEAR: Jeremiah 11:13, Acts
16:16-40
AUTHOR:
Pastor E.A. Adeboye
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