WHEN YOU NEED A
MIRACLE
Memorise: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will
deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Psalms 50:15
Read: 1st Samuel 1:9-13, 9 So Hannah rose up after they had
eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat
by a post of the temple of the Lord.
10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the
Lord, and wept sore.
11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou
wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not
forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I
will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor
come upon his head.
12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the
Lord, that Eli marked her mouth.
13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved,
but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
Bible in one year: 2nd Samuel 3:1-5:16, Proverbs 10:8-21
MESSAGE
There is one thing that a child of God needs to know and do
when he or she needs a miracle. This is to call upon the Lord in prayer. What
is a miracle and why do we need it? Simply explained, a miracle is the
supernatural intervention of God in the affairs of men. This intervention
basically alters the established laws of nature. At times, the devil
manipulates some natural phenomena to deny human beings some basic things that
make life pleasant. For example, when Jesus Christ was travelling in a ship with
His disciples, the devil manipulated the wind against them so that they may
suffer a shipwreck. The disciples went to Jesus Christ in the ship and cried
for help. Matthew 8:26 says:
“And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little
faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great
clam.”
Some so-called children of God are so hypocritical that,
even in the presence of the Lord, they still pretend as if all is well, whereas
they have unimaginable issues with their spiritual, physical, material and
financial needs. In the case of the disciples, they cried to Him for help; they
told Him exactly how they felt about the tempest. The danger of death was
imminent and the disciples did not pretend as if nothing was wrong. So, Jesus
Christ responded to their cry and stilled the storm. I pray that as you cry to
the Lord today, He will not just hear but also respond to your cry in Jesus’
name. The storms in your life will miraculous cease today in Jesus’ name.
In our Bible reading for today, we see what one must do when
he or she needs a miracle. Hannah needed a miracle, but from year to year she
had been going casually to Shiloh until that wonderful year when she realised
she needed to do what she had not been doing before; she offered fervent and
heart-rending prayers. She prayed so hard that she lost her voice and Eli
thought she was drunk. At times when I see how some of my children pray at our
periodic meetings at the Redemption Camp in Nigeria, I rejoice because the
tempo of their prayers signifies that they are people who need urgent miracles.
“And she was in bitterness of soul, and
prayed unto the Lord,
and wept sore… now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her
voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.”
1st Samuel 1:10, 13
The amazing thing about the above story is that Hannah was
not even offended, when she was misunderstood by the high priest who was
supposed to know when an individual was in serious communion with God. With joy
also I always pray with my children when I see them praying desperately in need
of miracles. My prayer is that as you pray to God today, your miracle will
reach you sooner than you expect in Jesus’ name.
Action Point
Tender your deepest heart desires to God today in faith.
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