The God who works wonders

A recent devotion got me thinking about how I occasionally "naturalize" God in my mind.

Sometimes I can lose a sense of how surprising, timely, & out of the box God's supernatural working was in scripture. Or if I do see this, I can tuck it away because that was how God worked "back then."

Indeed, I do think God has changed the way he interacts with us on some level because of the completion of scripture, but that should not blunt the fact that God still works amazing miracles today.

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God still transforms haters of the Christian Church into devoted followers of Christ.
God still takes "hearts of stone" & replaces them with "hearts of flesh" that beat for him.
God still brings peace between himself & guilty sinners by the work of his Son on the cross.
God still provides materially for his people when the dollars, hours in the day, & food in the pantry are not "enough".
God still upholds his people on days of intense temptation & always provides a way out.
God still repairs broken lives from the sex industry into those who love him & respect themselves.
God still mends the heart of porn addicts to be freed from bondage & behold him instead.
God still heals sickness & protects from danger.
God still does all these (& more) for his glory, at his time, & by his means.

My God is still odds-defying & wonder-working!

Judges 13:19

"So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it on the rock to the Lord, to the one who works wonders,..."

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