I Believe in Miracles

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
Luke 1:35 (NIV)

The angel Gabriel came to Mary and told her that she would conceive and give birth to a son, whose name would be Jesus. He would be called the Son of the Most High, and His kingdom would never end. Mary asked Gabriel, “How will this be since I am a virgin?”

Then Gabriel essentially tells Mary that God is going to give to her a miracle. She’s not going to have to violate the laws of the land or her faith. She will not have to mishandle her virginity and give herself to Joseph prior to marriage. Gabriel indicates that the miracle is going to be manifested this way: “The Holy Spirit is going to come over you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.”

The natural process of pregnancy will be caused by supernatural means. In other words, a miracle will take place. A miracle is a natural occurrence that hasn’t caught up with reasoning. The pregnancy of a virgin is inconceivable to the reasoning mind. But God can do things in the natural that make absolutely no sense to the rational mind.

One of the lessons we are being offered in Mary’s visitation by Gabriel is that God has many ways to get things done in your life, and one of them is to work a miracle if necessary.

He can will the Spirit to work in you and He can overshadow you in ways that result in abilities, actions, attitudes, strengths, thoughts, and contributions that would never be the result of your natural capacities but are possible because you live believing in a God who works miracles.

My brothers and sisters, there are ways in which God wants to define your existence, order your experiences, map your journey, and purpose your pilgrimage in ways that can only be fulfilled if you can shape your faith to believe in miracles.

Do you believe that miracles can happen in your life?