When You Need A Miracle Remember This

​1 Kings 17:2-6 - Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: 3 "Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 4 You will drink from the brook, and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there."
 
5 So he did what the LORD had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.  NIV 

• Birds Listen To God 

Elijah has been told by God where to go and that He has ordered the ravens to feed him. Friends, God has worked a true miracle for Elijah.  In more than one way God has shown Elijah that He is taking care of him.
 
I am not sure what you know about "ravens" and sharing their food but that just doesn't happen unless you are one of their babies. God orders the "ravens" to feed Elijah and they obey Him.
 
Isn't it amazing how animals will listen to God but humans won't. 

• Animals Listen To God 

Balaam's donkey in Numbers 22 finds himself in a conversation with Balaam because God had opened the mouth of his donkey to speak with him. Wouldn't it be cool if God allowed one of our pets to speak with us?
 
Daniel has an encounter with some lions. The king comes early in the morning to find out if Daniel's God had protected him and he says in 6:22 - "My God sent His angel and shut the lions ' mouths and they have not harmed me,…"
 
Jesus tells Peter to go fishing and the first fish he catches will have a shekel in its mouth. He is to take that shekel and pay the tax (He is actually exempt from paying this tax but so that He doesn't offend them He will pay it).

Peter does what he is told and the first fish he catches has the shekel in its mouth. Peter goes and pays the tax.
 
Mt 17:27 - "However, so that we do not offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find a shekel.
 
God used a donkey, some lions and a fish to work a miracle. 

• How About Us? 

Will we allow God to use us so that we might be a miracle in someone's life?
 
A friend of mine told me about the time he helped a lady at the gas station pump her gas. She was elderly, confused, frustrated and tears were rolling down her cheek when he went up and helped her. He said she must have thanked me 100 times for helping her.
 
You might be thinking, oh Serago, that was not a miracle and I would say, it was to that lady.

Let's be like the ravens in Elijah's day and allow God to use us to bring a miracle into someone's life.
 
Think About These:
 
The most difficult thing to open is a closed mind.
 
Minds are like parachutes they only function when they're open.

Stay Pumped,
 
Gary A. Serago

Minister of God's Word