Now let’s look at our 3rd teacher - Peter.
Peter is going to teach us how God uses the ingredients of the wait to produce a miracle.
3. God uses the INGREDIENTS of the wait to produce a miracle.
God is going to use the ingredients of the wait as the recipe of a miracle. God used the ingredients of the long route Israelites took before entering the promised lands. He uses our obedience, patience, a changed heart, the tears we shed, and the crying out to God to create a miracle. He never wastes our hurts and waiting.
“On the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison. And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter's side and woke him up, saying, ‘Get up quickly’ And his chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him, ‘Gird yourself and put on your sandals.’ And he did so. And he said to him, ‘Wrap your cloak around you and follow me’.” (Acts 12:6-8)
So we can see that the angel asked Peter to do the following, and Peter followed all of them
Get up quickly
Gird yourself
Put on your sandalsWrap your cloak
Follow me
When we have heard about testimonies of miracles such as the blind can see, the sick ones get healed, we might think that miracles happened instantly. On the contrary, most of the miracles actually did not happen immediately. Miracles happen gradually and are in process like Peter’s situation. Peter didn’t know it was a miracle in motion while he was following the angel. Peter could have said no when the angel instructed him. If he had said no, the miracle wouldn’t have happened. But he obeyed God, and his obedience to the angel was used as part of the ingredients for the miracle of being rescued.
APPLICATION
We might be in the middle of a miracle now and we don’t even know.
If you are waiting now, sitting in a situation that is like a prison, remember that there is a reason for the wait. God might be refining you through your devotions, or any other areas in your heart. You might still have the tendencies to grumble, lose focus, quit or settle for less. But God is putting you in the wait to resolve these tendencies.
God is strengthening and refining my heart. He will take all these ingredients of the wait to create a miracle for me and to prepare me for the wonderful future He had designed for me. i know He never wastes any wait.
Waiting is not easy, but there is a reason – it is to strengthen and refine my hearts. I get upset sometimes while waiting, but God says dont be - He will refine me. He is not done with me.
I will stay faithful in Him and follow Him, there is a reason for the wait.
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