Text:”…. she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in…. And they said unto her, Thou art mad…. Then said they, It is his angel. ( Acts 12:14-15)It is a miracle that isn’t awesome that one can hide and pretend that is hasn’t happened. When God visits a man with a miracle that is exceedingly abundantly above all that one is thinking or praying for” (Ephesians 3:20) – a happenstance that is beyond the prayer request and thought of everybody, including the miracle owner, one gets hysterical and breaks protocols to announce what the Lord did. The Bible is replete with examples of such awesome happenings; and because the power behind such miracles is same yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8), you shall experience your dose of such miracles this 2016 in the name of Jesus.
From our text, King Herod killed James, the brother of John with the sword. When he realised that the Jews were pleased with that death, he stretched his hands towards Peter and threw him inside prison waiting to kill him after Easter. While Peter was there, the church gathered to pray for his release from the grip of his blood-thirsty captor. In the night preceding his death, God sent an angel to him to release him and lead him to the street. Peter, in apparent knowledge that brethren would be at the house of Mary the mother of John interceding for his release, decided to go there and share the testimony of his release. When he got there, even believers that were praying for him said it was not possible (Na lie!).
Brethren, our God is still in the business of springing surprises. With Him, all things are possible ( Matt. 19:26). When He decides to bless anyone with the miracle of “Na lie”, He suspends protocol. With the Almighty God, the Red Sea stands as a heap for transition to the Promised land (Exodus 14:21-22); with Him the River Jordan that has debarred lots of lives and destinies part asunder for purposes to be realised (Joshua 3:15-16); with Him who has no word like ‘menopause’ in His lexicon, a 90 year old woman menstrates and delivers a baby (Genesis 21:1-5); with Him, there is an explanation and solution for issues that Doctors have regarded as hopeless ( Mk. 5:25-29); with Him, a little boy’s breakfast is sufficient to feed 5,000 men not counting women and children with twelve baskets remaining ( Matt. 14:15-20).
The Almighty God is the creator of heaven and earth; He is the One that makes a seemingly bad case perfect and “…… by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (Col. 1:16-17).
When He decides to visit your life, He would give you a testimony of “Na lie” such that people that knew you before will be amazed at the turnaround of your situation; He would take the weeping of the night time away from you and give you an endless morning of joy (Psalm 30:5); He would orchestrate a circumstance that will compel people assigned to lift you up to overlook your hitherto educational, experience, family, age and health barriers (Judges 11:1-8)
Beloved in Christ, I have it on his authority to announce to you that is it not over with you. The Almighty God who lifted up foreigners like Joseph, Esther, Daniel, Shadrack, Mesach, Abednego, Mordecal etc to positions of authority is your God. God is going to step into your life. He would send an angel to liberate you from ‘Herod’s captivity’, all that the captors have taken from you shall be restored, doors shall open unto you of their own accord, the angel of God will lead you to the main road of life, your captors shall replace you, you shall not die but live and the Herods running after your life shall make mistakes that will end their lives.
To be a candidate for a miracle of “Na lie”, you are expected at this time of lent to surrender your life to Jesus Christ, confess your sins to Him, ask for His forgiveness, be determined not to return to sin again, be reconciled with all that have wronged you, live peacefully with all men, put on the garb of holiness, have faith in Him, continue with the fasting and pray for a miracle that “eyes have not seen, that ears have not heart and not come to the imagination of men” (1 Cor. 2:9). As He lives, you shall testify of His faithfulness soon, in Jesus’ name.
Prayers: Father, I come to you today, please do awesome works in my life and give me a miracle of “Na lie”, in Jesus’ name.