John 14:12-14 “I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. “
How we struggle with these words! We simply cannot believe them.
We say. “He must have just been talking to His disciples,” But that cannot be true. Just a few verses earlier he was talking about preparing a place for us in heaven. Was he talking about just his disciples then?
We say “He must have been talking about non-miraculous things, such as helping us find jobs or parking places.” Undoubtedly. But how much difference in God’s eyes is there between helping us find a parking place, and raising someone from the dead. To us, it seems huge, but to God it is very small.
We say “God doesn’t interfere with the laws of nature any more.” On the contrary, God does it all the time. He just does it in subtle ways. Anytime we ask anything from God, we are asking Him to interfere with the natural course of the world. How much difference is there between a big interference and a small one?
No, God is the same. His power is the same, His words are the same. God does great things because it brings glory to Himself and to Jesus.
Ask big, and get big. Ask small and get small. Get big things, and get great glory for God. Ask small and receive small glory. The size of the miracle God is able to produce is not limited by God’s ability to do, but by our ability to imagine.
Let’s ask for miracles from God, and he will give them.
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