Our call to live a life of miracles is not for recognition or fame, but for the purpose of continuing Jesus’ ministry on earth to restore, heal, free, and connect people with their Divine purpose and identity in Christ. There are people all around us that are hurting and waiting for someone to stand with them in faith to see them set free.
Jesus commanded you and me to do greater works than He did during His earthly ministry. How many believers do you know who have been successful in fulfilling that command? I know of none yet. However, that does not stop me in the pursuit of fulfilling His command. It should not stop you either. A breakthrough is coming for those who will not be denied.
It is written by The Holy Spirit in Jeremiah chapter 29:
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
It is easy to tell how well we are doing by considering our response to our external circumstances. We should pay attention to what GOD is actually targeting in how we handle life internally: what we think about, what we ponder, what our words declare, our motivations of heart, our corresponding actions. These make up our well-being as we deal with the external circumstances.
We are intended to learn to live from the inside out rather than be constantly reactive to external circumstances.
Matthew recorded by The Holy Spirit in Matthew chapter 8:
23 They all got into a boat and began to cross over to the other side of the lake. And Jesus, exhausted, fell asleep.
24 Suddenly a violent storm developed, with waves so high the boat was about to be swamped. Yet Jesus continued to sleep soundly.
25 The disciples woke him up, saying, “Save us, Lord! We’re going to die!”
26 But Jesus reprimanded them. “Why are you gripped with fear? Where is your faith?” Then He stood and rebuked the storm, saying, “Be still!” And instantly it became perfectly calm.
27 The disciples were astonished by this miracle and said to one another, “Who is this Man? Even the wind and waves obey His Word.”
Jesus was not moved by the external circumstances they faced. The disciples were gripped with fear, Jesus was not. The Savior of the world was with them yet they thought they would perish. When Jesus rebuked the waves, it tells us that there was a spiritual force behind it, then He declares peace and the storm ceased.
Jesus is sleeping peacefully because the world He dwells in has no storms. He was able to release into the natural, external environment what He was already experiencing on the inside. It was always intended that our personal victories and our walk with THE LORD would help us reshape, redefine, to influence the nature of the world we live in. Our internal victories are supposed to be measured outwardly by our fruit.
Peter wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Peter chapter 2:
6 And don’t forget that GOD reduced to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, condemning them to ruin and destruction. God appointed them to be examples as to what is coming to the ungodly.
7 Yet HE rescued a righteous man, Lot, suffering the indignity of the unbridled lusts of the lawless.
8 For righteous Lot lived among them day after day, distressed in his righteous soul by the rebellious deeds he saw and heard.
Abraham was righteous AND Lot was also righteous. Abraham affected his surroundings, but Lot was affected by his surroundings. We choose what surroundings we want to live in. Because of what Lot saw and heard, it had an impact on what was going on in his internal world. He needed to be rescued.
Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 17:
20 Jesus was once asked by the Jewish religious leaders, “When will God’s Kingdom come?” Jesus responded, “God’s Kingdom does not come simply by obeying principles or waiting for signs.
21 The Kingdom is not discovered in one place or another, for God’s Kingdom realm is already expanding within some of you.”
We are to develop internally in order to change the external. We must guard our eyes and ears so that the external world does not affect our internal expansion of the Kingdom of GOD within us. Our breakthrough comes when the Kingdom of GOD has become dominant internally and is not moved by external circumstances.