God Works Through The Supernatural

Psalms 114:1-4 -  When Israel came out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,  Judah became God's sanctuary, Israel his dominion.  The sea looked and fled, the Jordan turned back;  the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

 

This anonymous writer remembered the stories of how God rescued his people from a foreign land.  He described for us in beautifully simple words the power of God to do supernatural things with just the spoken word.

 

Man took years to emulate the parting of the red sea. Records are scarce…but one google search brought up an article on the first dam built on the Nile River…presumably in 4000BC. Hoover dam popped up as the first concrete dam in the US…but I am sure someone with more history knowledge could give me better timelines.

 

God obviously gave the technology to beavers before he revealed it to humans.  But even their dams take 3-4 days.  They work tirelessly…just innately packing sticks and mud until it builds an enormous mound of empty space underneath for them to live.

 

God’s dam of water and air took just a simple moment…the time it took Moses to lift his rod to the sky. It stayed in place as long as Moses held up the rod…and came crashing down around the enemy as soon as he took it down.  It was all God’s plan to save his people in a way no one would ever forget….in a way that no one would be able to explain in human terms.

 

God is still in the business of using his supernatural power to do great things to save his people. I hear of miracles every day that he uses to show his great love to others.  He uses them to help others understand that his great power is still used to save his people…in a way that no one would ever forget…in a way that can’t be explained in human terms.

 

Father…thank you for reminding me that your power is still at work today in the world where you have placed me.  Help me to reflect on the many miracles I have seen with my own eyes…and use my heart to grasp the deepest reasons you allowed such a supernatural work to manifest where I could see it. Give e words like you did the psalmist…to speak of the glorious things you have done…to help lead others to your kingdom. Amen.