In a local community years back, a man made a steamboat which was the first to be constructed in the area. When he was through, he called everyone to come and see ‘what the Lord has done’. The people of the community followed him to the bank of the river, but skeptically and with disdain. In a sarcastic manner, they requested him to put the steamboat to work. With excitement, the innovator puts his hand to ignite the steamboat to get it working. It was very unfortunate that the innovator tried countless times but the steamboat didn’t come on. The community people burst into uncontrollable laughter and started mocking that, “Henry’s steamboat will not start”. The man was undaunted and continued to try while they were all giggling. Suddenly, the engine came on and Henry jumped in with great excitement and was driving the steamboat all over the water. The people were startled, but they refused to give up with their pessimism. So, they changed the level of their mockery to another level and were all chorusing that, “Henry’s steamboat will not stop. Henry made a steamboat that wouldn’t stop”. Eventually, and in the face of the mockers, Henry brought the boat safely to shore and they now gathered hugging him and saying “Henry has performed a miracle. Wow, Henry is a miracle worker”.
Beloved, kindly note that it is a miracle that isn’t obvious, awesome and earthshaking that one can hide and pretend that it 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) – I mean an happenstance that is beyond the prayer request and thought of everybody, including the miracle owner, this is referred to as a “miracle of Na lie”, one gets hysterical and breaks protocols to announce what the Lord has done. 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 as you enter the month of March 2021 today, in the name of Jesus Christ.
From our text, the Israelites after their deliverance and departure from Egypt were faced with a Red Sea cul-de-sac at their front and death from their former captors was hot on their trail, they complained very bitterly to Moses and were downcast. Moses encouraged them to stand still and see God’s power in action but God told him that they should match on to the Red Sea. And as he stretched forth his rod over the sea, series of miracles of “Na lie” happened. Firstly, the Red Sea parted sideways to the consternation of all. The other miracle of “Na lie” was that the waters were piled on their right and left hands such that they could scoop water from their sides and the last of the miracles of “Na lie” was that when they got to the other side and the army of Pharaoh got into same path they followed, the water returned and the soldiers of Egypt, their chariot-men, their weapon of warfare and their horses were consumed by the sea.
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 there is no road that can be closed or a mission that can be impossible. For instance, the River Jordan that had debarred lots of lives and destinies parted asunder because God instructed Joshua to match on (Joshua 3:15-16); with the Almighty God who has no word like ‘menopause’ in His lexicon, a 90 year old woman menstrated and delivered a baby boy without caesarian operation (Genesis 21:1-5); with Him, there is a solution for issues that Doctors have regarded as hopeless such as the case of the woman with the issue of blood (Mk. 5:25-29); with Him, a little boy’s breakfast was sufficient to feed 5,000 men not counting women and children with twelve baskets remaining ( Matt. 14:15-20). That same God shall visit your life this month of March 2021 in the name of Jesus.
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 gap, to suspend your no experience issue, to close their eyes to your family background, not to remember that you are younger or older, as it played out with Jephtah the Gileadite in Judges 11:1-8 when people that previously rejected him returned to beg him to be their leader.
Are you jobless despite degrees from the university? Is it that you are of marriageable age and their is no suitor. Are you or any of your children trusting God for the fruit of the womb and time is going towards menopause? Is it that you are trusting God for elevation at your place of work or ministry? Is it that people that ought to help you have been turned against you? Please note that God is alive. He is the same yesterday as He is today and shall be forever. What He did yesterday, He is going to do in your life this month, your cast down shall turn to your lifting up and you shall testify to His goodness? 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 to you with great interest, doors that have been shut shall open unto you of their own accord and the Herods running after your life shall make mistakes that will end their lives in the name of Jesus.
To be a candidate for a miracle of “Na lie”, you are expected 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 and pray for a miracle that “eyes have not seen, that ears have not heard and not come to the imagination of men” (1 Cor. 2:9). As He lives, you shall testify of His faithfulness soon and the miracles of “Na lie” shall be proclaimed in your tabernacle and shall be heralded for the world to hear about in Jesus’ name.
- Prayer: As I march forward in this month of March, Lord let me experience your miracles of Na lie, in Jesus’ name
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