Miracles: Convincing the Godless

2 Kings 4:18-5:27; Psalm 141; Proverbs 17:23

 

Naaman was an Aramean army commander who had leprosy. But he could not find healing in his own land, and an Israelite servant girl encouraged him to find the prophet who lived in Samaria (an Israelite city). She said that the prophet would heal Naaman.

 

So Naaman went. And Elisha, the prophet, sent him to the Jordan River to dip seven times in it. When Naaman did this, he was healed.

 

But that was not the end of it! Listen to Naaman’s response: Now I know that there is no God in all the world except in Israel… [P]lease let me, your servant, be given as much earth as a pair of mules can carry, for your servant will never again make burnt offerings and sacrifices to any other god but the LORD. – 2 Kings 5:15, 17

 

Friends, there is no God in all the world except the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God who sent Jesus Christ His Son to live among us, then die and rise again so that we could be set free from sin and restored from the curse forever. This God is a miracle-working God, and His power can convince any person that He alone is God (and one day, when Jesus comes back, His power will convince all people, whether they find themselves welcomed into heaven that day or not).

 

Father, show Your power to people around us so that they can see that Jesus Christ is their only hope. May all people put their faith in You through Him!