Jesus knew from whence miracles came. He understood the key to overcoming the world of scarcity and operated accordingly. By THE SPIRIT Mark recorded in chapter 6:
39 Then He commanded them to make them all sit down in groups on the green grass.
40 So they sat down in ranks, in hundreds and in fifties.
41 And when He had taken the five loaves and the two fish, He looked up to heaven, blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and the two fish He divided among them all.
42 So they all ate and were filled.
43 And they took up twelve baskets full of fragments and of the fish.
44 Now those who had eaten the loaves were about five thousand men.
Students of the Bible tend to overlook the obvious while searching for some hidden revelation. The miracle began with “Jesus looked up to heaven and blessed”. The source of all miracles comes from Above and thus we should focus our attention and expectation there instead of looking for signs, formulas, and potions to bring about a miracle. In Luke chapter 21, Jesus was asked about the end times and He spoke:
25 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;
26 men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
27 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”
The world system is in disarray and chaos. No matter who leads the countries around the world there will be judgment come upon the land. How are we to respond? We need to “look up” and express our gratitude toward FATHER and trust HIM in these times. We must quit looking to the created to solve the problems they created. Instead we must look up toward FATHER in the Spiritual where every aspect of life is derived from. FATHER is not limited by what man has created and perpetuated and HE will respond to those who seek HIS Face.
Heaven and earth must submit to the CREATOR’S Divine Intent and FATHER will use any resource for HIS Purpose. HE has set apart those vessels to bring forth HIS Word to this earth to be planted in our “earth” or bodies. The seed of the Word will bring forth of multitude of its own kind and we are called to plant and water knowing FATHER will provide the increase. Let us be unceasing in our sowing of the Word in people’s lives.
Jesus appeared to Saul on the road to Damascus and at that time opened Saul’s ears to hear His Voice. First Paul had to hear the Word which was planted in his heart by Jesus. Afterward his eyes were opened to see as recorded by THE SPIRIT in Acts 22:
12 “Then a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good testimony with all the Jews who dwelt there,
13 came to me; and he stood and said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight.’ And at that same hour I looked up at him.
Jesus preached the Word and then looked up toward Heaven to receive the miracle working power of the Word. Let us hear and dwell on FATHER’S Word then look up toward Heaven to receive the manifested miracle of the Word we have planted in our hearts this day. As we do, we will come to expect those miracles to become commonplace among us for FATHER watches over HIS Word to perform it.