Empower your Day in Just Seconds
Grantley Morris
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If only God would give me a supernatural sign . . . we think wistfully. In reality, such a sign would not be nearly the solution to our guidance problems that we might imagine it to be. Supernatural confirmation is not conclusive proof that we should follow what is said. Moreover, almost any act of God can be dismissed as coincidence or given a psychological or natural explanation. An angel appeared to Gideon. Judges 6:21 With the tip of the staff that was in his hand, the angel of the LORD touched the meat and the unleavened bread. Fire flared from the rock, consuming the meat and the bread. And the angel of the LORD disappeared. Yet this merely seemed to increase his dependence upon miraculous signs. After all of this he still wanted a supernatural sign. He thought carefully as to what would remove his skepticism and give him the assurance he craved. He wanted to test God by asking for a sign that could not possibly have a natural explanation. He could have chosen anything. So he devised a test he was certain would satisfy him. The miracle happened just as he had demanded, but not the miracle of changing him from skepticism to belief. So he asked for yet another sign. Even after this sign was also granted, he was still anxious and had to be given yet another sign (overhearing an enemy soldier recount a divine dream). Im in no position to be the slightest critical of Gideon. What God was asking him to do required enormous courage. The point, however, is that supernatural signs are not the cure-all that we tend to imagine. Maybe the all-knowing Lord really does know best when he doesnt always give us supernatural signs. Taken from When Guidance is Confusing Love others! May be freely copied. Just include this notice: © Grantley Morris, www.net-burst.com
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